Hi wateman
Our laws on firearms are applied nationwide.
Higher concentration of gunstores in the capital than anywhere else
in the country, and it's great to browse gunstores inside Manila's
airconditioned mega-shopping malls.
No matter where you buy, you get issued a 7-day transport permit to
get your NIB blaster home to Tagaytay, along with your new license.
So long as you don't have to board a ship, plane, bus or other public
transport to get home, no probs.
Keep in mind, no licenses are issued during the election period, and it
can take 3 weeks minimum to get licensed, in normal times. Make sure
the gun you'rebuying is physically in-stock (have them quote the unit's
serial number) before putting down cash. As mentioned earlier, you will likely
be buying sight-unseen (!!!). If you're not careful, the gun won't actually
be in stock, and you will wait until a gun gets imported from wherever.
Python
Even most
knives are covered by the election-period ban!
The timing on your visit really sucked, my friend.
You still could've visited Armscor firing range in Marikina, and
(depending on the day) rented or borrowed a Steyr AUG, M14, M3, etc...
Pun,
Very difficult now to find M4's for sale.
Again, select-fire is allowed by law (including the HK G36, if available),
However, the agency tasked with issuing licenses will refuse to
honor said law (again, partly due to countermanding parts of the new
Anti Terrorism Act), and gunstores just won't stock what they
know won't be licensed quickly (if at all) --consumers want their NIB guns
licensed pronto. Licenses are issued per firearm, not per owner.
hth,
horge
