Manila Hostage taking Incident: The Death of Common Sense.

The hostage taking incident today wherein an irate police officer took an entire bus load of Chinese tourists as hostages once again highlighted the incompetence, as well as the plight, of our Philippine National Police. Five hostages out of 15 ended up dead in the rescue attempt by the "Special Unit" of the PNP NCRPO.The entire world watched live as the Philippine Police made an embarrassment of the entire country.We do not have to be members of an elite commando unit to observe what went terribly wrong. Plain and simple Common Sense - which unfortunately was absent today - could have resulted in a different outcome and lives saved. Continue Reading

The mousetrap

This is an old story circulating around the ‘Net for quite some time now. Note the parallelism between this and the attacks vs. the right for self-protection?

 

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Mayor Darlene Custodio declares Gen San City as a Gun Free Zone

GENERAL SANTOS CITY—Alarmed by the upsurge in summary killings, which have been gripping the city since last month, Mayor Darlene Antonino-Custodio on Friday issued an executive order declaring the city a no-firearm zone.

In her order, Custodio noted the prevalence of gun-related killings, which, according to her, “has already reached an alarming level.”

Last month, the police said 17 persons had died from gun and bladed weapons attacks by still unidentified suspects.

Some of the victims were suspected criminals, while the others were locked in disputes, the police said.

In regulating guns in the city, Custodio said only on-duty law enforcers and private security personnel would be allowed to carry firearms.

She said she had asked the local police and military units to make a report on private individuals issued with corresponding patrol order (PO) and mission orders (MO) for assessment.
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PROGUN Legal defense Team?

Due to the increasing number of anti-gun measures being issued, it may be high time for us to form legal defense teams to file law suits and question these unlawful issuances in court. I have been reading carefully all these recent anti-gun measures - a lot of which are outrightly illegal and unconstitutional - and I feel that the public is being shortchanged and our fundamental rights are being trampled upon by the powers that be.Legal action must also complement our political lobbying. Lobbying and media exposure can only take us so far, if people in power refuse to listen to our pleas or if they are downright dictatatorial and do not care about the will of the people. "KAPAL MUKHA" is the term that can describe our policy makers on firearms, and it would seem that they would stop at nothing to enforce their personal and foreign-supported anti-gun policies. Continue Reading

OFFICIAL PROGUN STATEMENT ON THE NEW PNP FIREARMS CIRCULARS 2010

This is an official PROGUN statement.

It has come to our attention late last week that there will be a signing of a Joint Resolution on 18 August 2010 by the PNP and certain invited stakeholders, regarding the implementation of new and more stringent gun control measures. These new measures in the form of PNP Circulars, will make it more difficult and add to the burden of obtaining licensing and permits to carry firearms.
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Kamusta na po Mr. President?

Minamahal naming Presidente Aquino,Kamusta ang target shooting sa Antipolo? Kamusta yung PPSA competitions? Sarap noh? Mabuti pa kayo nakaka baril pa. Kami, mga pangkaraniwang bumabaril, hanggang himas-himas nalang kami ng baril namin. Mula nung nag-umpisa ang term ninyo, sunod-sunod po na regulasyon ni Chief PNP Verzosa, na lalong hinihigpit ang pag lisensya at pagdadal ng baril. Balang araw Mr. President, baka sumali kayo sa PPSA event tapos kayo nalang ang nandun sumipot. Wala na ibang shooter ang makarating.Yung PNP Circular No. 08-2010 ni Gen Verzosa ay epektibong ibinalik ang batas militar sa Pilipinas. Kulang nalang sabihin, isauli namin yung mga licensed guns namin. Bakit? Dahil sa sobrang higpit na at hirap ng pag lilisenya at pagkuha ng permit-to-carry, wala na makapag renew ng license or permit-to-carry. Sa August 18, 2010 meron pang kasunod na pirmahan ang PNP ng mga mas lalong paghigpit sa mga pagmamay-ari at pagdala ng baril. Continue Reading

Alert! PNP to impose stricter rules on Licensing and Carrying of Firearms 18 August 2010

The PNP is set to sign and implement on 18 August 2010, stricter Rules on Licensing and Carrying of Firearms, and new stricter guidelines on availment of protective security for VIPs and citizens.

A summary of these stricter changes are:

Licensing and possession

1. The neuro psychiatric test must be conducted by the PNP Health Service NP Personnel and PNP Accredited NP testing Centers and Evaluators. The drug test must be administered by the PNP Crime laboratory. The Gun safety seminar must be handled by the PNP or registered gun club duly accredited by the PNP.
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