9 nabbed for carrying firearms on last day of election gun ban
By Marlon Ramos
They just can’t wait.
They just can’t wait.
After keeping their guns indoors for the past five months, licensed gun owners may start bringing their firearms outside their residence starting on Thursday (June 13).
Arrests of several men for illegal firearms possession were reported in Oslob and Alegria towns in south Cebu as the campaign period closed over the weekend.
The Rizal provincial government has confirmed that the nine men who were arrested for violating the election gun ban in Antipolo City on Sunday night were provincial jail personnel although it has not offered an explanation for why they were carrying firearms and chairs bearing the name of Rizal Gov. Casimiro Ynares III inside a government vehicle.
An intelligence officer of the Boljoon Police Station was arrested last Sunday in Argao town southern Cebu for allegedly violating the election gun ban.
Shooting incidents continue despite the election gun ban
A Quezon City councilor sought the exemption of all barangay (village) chairmen in the city from the gun ban imposed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec), claiming that the village chiefs should be considered law enforcers exposed to dangerous criminals.
In yet another defiance of the gun ban, unidentified hit men shot dead a Chinese-Filipino businessman in plain daylight on Monday in San Juan City, bolstering claims that the ban may not be enough to prevent election-related violence in the country.
One person has been killed since the election gun ban started this year while at least 16 total firearms have been confiscated across the country, a police spokesman said Tuesday.
Police on Friday said they were closely watching more than 800 towns identified as “election watch-list areas” in 80 provinces as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday set about erecting the system of security checkpoints across the country for the entire five-month election period.
The Commission on Elections is now singing a different tune on the issue of exempting President Aquino from the election gun ban.
