A letter to the Comelec Chairman Re: Gun Ban

This is a guest post from chardson67 which is a letter to the Comelec Chairman, Re: the upcoming gun ban.

Office of the Chairman

COMELEC

Dear Sir,

I would like to have your attention regarding about another planned imposition of the Nationwide Gun Ban this coming S.K. and Barangay Elections, I, as a legitimate firearms and permit-to-carry owner and as an OFW would like to ask for your consideration of not implementing an another gun ban, as criminals will never be deterred and can easily adjust their criminal activities on these Comelec set-up checkpoints all over the country,we have cases in Quezon City that criminals adjusted their robberies from night time ops to day time operations (Reference: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20100304-256694/QC-police-to-use-daytime-checkpoints-to-fight-crime), we legitimate,legal owners of firearms are always the first ones to get affected both mentally and physically, a lot of us do not have the means to hire a private security agent(s) to be with us 24/7.

I always fear for my family’s safety outside,thus I believe a PTCFOR is a lifesaver not a life taker, i’d like to remind you that statistics show that and I quote Mr. George Chua of the Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines “For the entire 2007, the statistical report on crime incidents involving the use of firearms totaled 5,228 incidents and 5,575 firearms for the entire Philippines. Out of these 5,575 firearms, only 50 were licensed firearms or less than one tenth of 1%! This is a moving testament to the responsibility of our legitimate firearm owners and the effectiveness of the licensing efforts of the Firearms and Explosives Division (FED) of our Philippine National Police (PNP)”

Furthermore, we must admit that the state of our Police Force and Military is currently under-funded and that 80% of the total budget for them in fact just goes to paying their salaries, they’re there to protect peace but will never be there on time to protect and/or save our lives if needed be.

Peaceful Responsible Owners of Guns (PROGUN) had internet volunteers to compile a database which are from respectable sources like abs-cbnews.com, gmanews.tv, inqurier.com. Please view link: http://www.progun.ph/crime-statistics

Thank you so much for your time and your consideration, may God bless the Philippines.

Regards,

Chardson67

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4 responses to “A letter to the Comelec Chairman Re: Gun Ban”

  1. they should conduct checkpoints and high police visibility instead, not gun ban.

    there are no gun ban for criminals!

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    1. thats really true, there is no gun ban for criminals.got the point.mag add sila ng checkpoints para naman may magagawa ung mga naka upo lang sa opisina nag aantay lang ng tawag pag may    crime di naman nakakahabol.hay nako.

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  2. The best part of the letter is the cite that less than 1/10th of 1% of shooting incidents in 2007 were committed with licensed firearms. The rest were comitted with UNCLICENSED FIREARMS.

    The gun ban is aimed at prohibiting the carrying of LICENSED FIREARMS. The criminals who bear UNLICENSED FIREARMS simply don’t care and continue to carry their guns.

    Q: How many people have been caught violating the Comelec gun ban?

    Q No. 2: How many have been CONVICTED or SENT TO JAIL?

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    1. The idea of ‘unlicensed firearms’ is simply a diversion technique when it comes to crime. The real reasons for licensing each individual unit are to:

      1. Increase revenues for the issuing body.
      2. Provide a way to track down the civilian owned firearms if our ‘privilege’ is ever revoked (e.g. times like the Marcos martial law era).

      Individual firearms licensing cannot be a crime prevention method because the gun itself does not go out to commit crimes. Remember, a firearm is just one of the tools used by criminals. Other tools include kitchen knives, bolos, bats, sticks, bricks, stones, computers, cars, animals…the list goes on and is limited only by the imagination. Even if we license all of these, the criminal will resort to simply using hands, feet and brains.

      Of course, firearms are dangerous so it would be unreasonable to give access to just anyone. The solution is to license the individual based on competency, mental stability, safe handling and clean criminal records. This is not an unproven idea because most states in the US follow this model.

      We in the Philippines currently we have the worst model, which is access to firearms based solely on:

      1. The ability to pay the fees (wealth/influence); or
      2. The ability to steal or smuggle them (criminality).

      This does not foster an environment for less crime or increased safety.

       

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