Posted on 09/09/2015 3:23:37 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
This is a reasonable idea.
The Philippine armed forces are barely armed.
Starting to miss those US military bases?
I don’t know how good Filipinos are at making guns, but as targets, they were tough to bring down after the Spanish-American war, leading the US Army to develop the M1911 pistol.
Waste of time and money.
There is no Second Amendment in the Philipines.
Unarmed by law, Zamboangoans are at the mercy of armed muslim terrorists in the south.
Is there really a second amendment in most urban areas in this country?
Yeah, the Moros, but weren’t they doped up chewing coca leaves or some such?
Yes.
“BOSTONIANS BEAR ARMS
``After the Battle of Lexington, British General Thomas Gage occupied Boston, Massachusetts. After negotiating with the town committee, Gage agreed to let the inhabitants of Boston leave town with their families and effects, if they surrendered all arms. While most of the residents of Boston stayed, those who left under the agreement surrendered 1778 firearms, 634 pistols, 273 bayonets, and only 38 blunderbusses``.[14]
14^ Abiel Holmes (1829). The Annals of America, Volume II. Hillard and Brown. p. 242
.22 caliber would be a money maker !
I think Rock Island gets their M1911s made by a Philippine company, as do several others. So they have the expertise.
Armscor in the Phillipines makes a line of 1911’s that are well regarded.
They did use drugs in battle, but I don’t know which ones.
I live here. My sweetie can have a gun. I can use it for defense. But that is not the theme of the article posted. It is about defense of the Philippines. It is also about adding to the Philippine economy.
Sorry, you are not a winner. Try again later.
According to a 2014 date, there are 1,700,000 licensed firearms owners and 3,900,000 privately owned guns (legally and illegally) in the country. ---https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_the_Philippines
The Philippines are the number one source of 1911 clones.
“I dont know how good Filipinos are at making guns,”
You will not believe this, but I was in Cebu city and Pangasinan a year ago (we have offices in Manila and i head there 2x a year), they have gunsmiths who can manufacture and copy semiautomatics within minutes. I saw it myself in Cebu and they made a copy of 50 caliber AND AR-15 which I tested myself. No misfire.
They are good!
see my post 15. It was not difficult for me to “acquire’ a 45 ACP when I was there. Unlike in America where every lib in the area will start crying when they know a gunsmith is within minutes, the locals were very happy to point me in the direction of the closest gunsmith and ammo dealer.
Dude, i ‘got’ a Taurus 800 series for $50 LOL, I kid you not. I know Taurus and it wasn’t a fake. I almost wept that I cannot hassle myself back to customs in the US with it. These dudes can also copy the frame and grips of anything from Sig to Colts.
How many per household?
What caliber?
What type?
My sweetie lives in Mindanao.
But, he is due to retire next year, and decided not to pursue a presidential campaign.
To answer your questions, do an inter web search for gun laws in the Philippines.
Here is one answer to all of them... Each individual may hold under license a maximum of only one (1) low-powered rifle caliber 22 or shotgun not heavier than 12 gauge and one (1) pistol or revolver, not higher than caliber .38 except caliber .357 and caliber .22 center fire magnum and those which may later be classified by the Chief, Philippine National Police (C, PNP) as high-powered regardless of the type, make or caliber. -http://www.pctc.gov.ph/laws/basicFA.htm
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