COMELEC: Gun Ban to begin September 23

The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) today announced that the ban on bearing, carrying or transporting of firearms or other deadly weapons and the employment, availment or engagement of the services of security personnel or body guards will start on September 23, 2017 and will run until October 30, 2017, the Election Period in connection with the October 23, 2017 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Elections.

In Resolution No. 10197, promulgated September 14, 2017, the COMELEC said: “No person shall bear, carry or transport firearms or deadly weapons outside his residence or place of business, and in all public places, including any building, street, park, and in private vehicles or public conveyances, even if he is licensed or authorized to possess or carry the same, unless authorized by the Commission…”

The COMELEC likewise prohibited the employment, availment or engagement of the services of security personnel or body guards, “whether or not such security personnel or bodyguards are regular members or officers of the Philippine National Police (PNP), the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), other law enforcement agency of the government of from a private security service provider, unless authorized by the Commission…”
The transport and delivery of firearms and/or its parts, ammunition and/or its components, and explosives and/or its components are also prohibited.

COMELEC spokesman James Jimenez said that beginning September 21, 2017, the COMELEC Committee on the Ban on Firearms and Security Personnel (CBFSP) shall accept applications for the issuance of authority to bear, carry or transport firearms or deadly weapons.

For more information on the gun ban and other election rules, Jimenez urged the public to visit the COMELEC’s official website www.comelec.gov.ph.

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