MANILA, Philippines — The Home of Representatives has handed on third and closing studying a invoice amending Republic Act 10591, which modernized key provisions of the nation’s firearms legal guidelines.
Below the authorized invoice, gun bans are shortened from six months to solely 45 days earlier than elections and 5 days after the polls.
The restrict on buy of ammunition was raised from 50 to 500 rounds for non-sport shooters and as much as 5,000 rounds for sport shooters.
Below the identical invoice, the allow to hold validity has been prolonged from two to 5 years, whereas the validity of firearms enterprise licenses was additionally prolonged from 5 to 10 years.
Gun house owners and producers expressed their gratitude to legislators who supported reforms within the firearms legal guidelines, viewing it as an enormous win for the firearms trade and for all gun house owners within the nation.