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The FIC Mk. 9 is a sub-machine gun designed by a private venture of Floro International Corporation (FIC) based in Tanay, Rizal Province in the Philippines.The weapon is marketed to local security forces as a low-cost alternative to imported submachine guns and is currently in limited use by the Philippines Marines and the Philippines Navy.
Paltik is a Filipino term for a homemade gun. [1] It is usually manufactured using scrap metal and angle iron. [2] These homemade weapons are usually manufactured in Danao, Cebu, [3] where the production of replicas of known firearms is a cottage industry. [4]
Guns are used for hunting, target shooting, self-protection and security purposes. Filipinos can carry pistols and handguns in public by acquiring a Permit to Carry. [2] PROGUN is the main gun lobby of the Philippines, which is an organization meant to protect Filipino gun rights as well as to endorse politicians who will do so.
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The current Act is a culmination of House Bill No. 5484, introduced to the House of Representatives of the Philippines by its author Muntinlupa Representative Rodolfo Biazon and 10 other co-authors, and Senate Bill No. 3397, received and introduced to the Senate of the Philippines by its author Senator Gregorio Honasan and 6 other co-authors.
Filipino guns have been smuggled and used in the United States of America and Japan, mostly in the hands of gangs. [ 1 ] [ 10 ] The most common ones sold are homemade Colt .45s and assault rifles. One infamous case occurred on November 29, 2019, when Yakuza leader Keiichi Furukawa of the Yamaguchi-gumi was gunned down by a splinter Kobe group ...
United Defense Manufacturing Corporation (UDMC) is a Philippine defense contractor and firearms manufacturer based in Parañaque, Philippines.It provides the Philippine National Police, Armed Forces of the Philippines, and Philippine Coast Guard with firearms and other tactical equipment.
The table below gives a list of firearms that can fire the 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge, first developed and used in the late 1970s for the M16 rifle, which to date, is the most widely produced weapon in this caliber. [1]