Posted on 06/01/2010 4:50:24 AM PDT by marktwain
MANILA, Philippines—A lawmaker has opposed a plan of the Philippine National Police (PNP) to extend the total gun ban coverage beyond the end of the election period, saying that he will introduce a bill that would ensure the right of individuals to carry firearms.
Nueva Ecija Representative Rodolfo Antonino said the PNP could not just opt to extend the gun ban after granting firearm licenses and permits to carry to gun owners.
The gun ban ends on June 9.
Antonino, chairman of the House committee on public order and safety, said there was no provision in the law barring Filipino citizens from carrying guns.
“If they don’t want the people to carry firearms, the PNP should be capable of providing security to victims of crimes,” he said.
Pro-gun advocate Perry Punla, president of Gun Enthusiasts Confederation of the Philippines, said in a statement that lawmakers should make sure that individuals had the right and not just the privilege to carry guns.
Yes, it is.
The only way citizens can protect themselves from criminals and sometimes even their own government when that government is out of control is by having the ability to buy own and keep loaded guns.
How would Phillipinos ever be able to celebrate New Years without guns???
***Nice to see the Phillipino people working to obtain rights we have enshrined in our Constitution. ***
Phillipinos used to be a gun owning society. Back in the early 1970s.
Then Ferdinand Marcos demanded all guns be registered.
I told my friends to watch for confiscation next.
One year later Marcos started confiscating registered guns. The American MSM thought it was great and we should do the same.
I told my friends that Marcos would seize power within three years.
I was wrong. Marcos seized power within two years.
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