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Gun holders urged to update handgun registration


DAVAO CITY, March 30 (PIA)—A top police officer in Davao Region has advised gun holders to update the registration of their handguns. 


Speaking during the AFP-PNP press corps briefing at the Royal Mandaya Hotel, Police Brigadier General Benjamin Silo, Jr. bared that many of the handguns confiscated by police officers at the checkpoints are loose firearms.


He said many of these unregistered handguns are used in illegal activities.


Silo revealed that right now, there are 34,000 unregistered firearms in Davao Region. 


He said the police will intensify its operation against unregistered firearms by buy-bust, search warrant, Oplan: Katok, and Oplan: Boga by the first week of April, 2022.


“We will be notifying owners of loose firearms to renew the registration of hand guns or have it surrendered in the police station where his residence is under jurisdiction," Silo said.


He said rounding up these loose firearms will guarantee honest, orderly, peaceful and clean elections on May 9.


Silo observed some gun holders have failed to renew their firearms, and while bringing their hand guns they are arrested in the checkpoints for violating Republic Act No. 9051 and for violating a provision of the Omnibus Election Code and other issuances of the poll body.  (PIA XI-Joey Sem G. Dalumpines)

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