Gun ban may continue even after election
Chief Superintendent Rolando Añonuevo, Calabarzon police director, said the Commission on Elections-imposed ban may “possibly” be continued even after it is lifted on June 9, this time under the aegis of the National Firearm Control Program of the Philippine National Police (PNP).
The Omnibus Election Code of the Philippines prohibits the carrying of firearms and other deadly weapons in public during an election period, except for members of law enforcement who are on duty.
“We will continue setting up checkpoints and choke-points (even after the elections),” said Añonuevo during a regional police security planning conference held here on Friday.
As for those individuals who had been issued permits to carry firearms before the election gun ban, “the chief PNP may consider not (honoring) the permits (anymore) if he finds the number of crimes reduced. They would just have to keep their guns at home,” Añonuevo said.
The Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) region has so far recorded the most number of guns and other deadly weapons confiscated during the current election gun ban, followed by Metro Manila.
Source:http://newsinfo.inquirer.net
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