SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ]

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ]

T h ird R e g u la r S e ss io n ]

SENATE

P.S. R es. No. I Q I Q

CUi.s' t!*r«

In tro d u c e d by SENATOR SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN

RESOLUTIONDIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ALLEGED PROLIFERATION OF LOOSE AND UNLICENSED FIREARMS, IN CONTRAVENTION OF THE PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT 10 5 9 1 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “COMPREHENSIVE FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION REGULATION ACT” , THE EXISTENCE OF PRIVATE ARMIES UTILIZING THESE UNLICENSED FIREARMS INIMICAL TO THE COUNTRY’S PEACE AND ORDER, WITH THE END IN VIEW O F ADOPTING POLICIES TO AMEND EXISTING LAWS OR STRENGTHENING THEIR ENFORCEMENT AND IMPLEMENTING EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS CONSISTENT WITH CONSTITUTIONAL PRECEPTS AND NATIONAL POLICIES TO PREVENT THIS THREAT TO PEACE AND ORDER FROM ESCALATING.

WHEREAS, Republic Act 10591 w as prim arily enacted to m ain ta in peace and order and pro tect the people aga in st violence, by providing for a com prehensive law to regulate ow nership, possession , carrying, m anufactu re , dealing in an d im portation of firearm , am m unition , or p a r ts thereof, in order to provide the legal su p p o rt in the cam paign ag a in st crim e and stop the proliferation of illegal firearm s or w eapons;1

WHEREAS, during the New Year revelry las t year, a girl an d a boy, both aged 10, were h it by stray bulle ts th a t cam e from a gun duel betw een two m en in Maypajo, Caloocan. The two children recovered from th e ir w ounds. A year before th a t, 15-year-old Emilyn V illanueva died w hen a stray bu lle t h it h e r in the head while she w as w atching the fireworks d isp lay

1 Sec. 2, R.A. 10591, AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE LAW ON FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF