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Only Class A light weapons (firearms not chambered in a caliber exceeding 7.62mm or capable of fully automatic fire) are allowed to be registered by licensed citizens or juridical entities for ownership, possession, and concealed carrying. The act also provides for the procurement of arms for use by law enforcement and military personnel.
The basis of Republic Act No. 10591 was to efficiently improve and provide stiffer penalties on illegal firearm acquisition and possession. Presidential Decree No. 1866, series of 1983, provided the Philippines its first ever firearms and explosives law though not all criminal activities where covered by the law. While laws such as P.D. No ...
Specifically, Section 12 of this Act mandates that "the government arsenal shall be utilized in the production of basic weapons, ammunition and other munitions for the use of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police (PNP), as well as for the sale and export of products in excess of AFP/PNP requirements." [4]
Self-defense (self-defence primarily in Commonwealth English) is a countermeasure that involves defending the health and well-being of oneself from harm. [1] The use of the right of self-defense as a legal justification for the use of force in times of danger is available in many jurisdictions .
MANILA (Reuters) -Philippine troops stationed on a warship grounded on a disputed South China Sea shoal held on to their weapons after Chinese coast guard boats came very close to the ship but ...
MANILA (Reuters) -Global defence contractors put their advanced hardware on display as the Philippines embarks on the latest phase of a multi-billion-dollar effort to modernise its military at a ...
The Philippines has accused China’s Coast Guard of launching a “brutal assault” with “bladed weapons” during a South China Sea clash earlier this week, a major escalation in a festering ...
Confirmed by Philippine Army during ADAS 2022 defense expo in April 2022, [69] to eventually replace M29 81 mm mortars. M69 mortar Serbia: 81 mm mortar: M69B: 100 [72] Based on the Yugoslavian M69 82 mm mortar. M69A introduced in the 1990s as part of US military assistance, re-chambered from original 82 mm.