LAST chance for gun-owners who want to be legal in their fire-arms possession.
Camp Dagohoy police authorities throw the final lifeline before they go aggressive in interdiction operations, says PSSupt. Edgardo Ingking during a radio interview recently.
His call was a reiteration of the urging of Police Regional Director Lane ‘O Neres who has in his shoulders the responsibility to account for the loose and unregistered firearms in Central Visayas.
Failure to take the last chance may mean they would expect authorities to throw at them the book and that they are prepared to face the consequences of the law.
Illegal possession of fire-arms carry a year to 12 years imprisonment, according to applicable laws.
According to Ingking, anybody who avails of the final amnesty can get condonation of penalties and surcharges in as much as the amnesty makes things easy for those wanting to have their guns registered.
The national gun-amnesty runs from October 1-31, while processing has started since August.
PCSupt Neres stressed during a radio interview that most of the loose fire-arms are used in criminal activities, and by the President’s issuance of Executive Order 187, police authorities finally open the final amnesty.
Interested persons can apply for the amnesty by visiting the nearest police processing offices for fire-arms data verification and the issuance of application and permit to transport.
Then the applicant submits the accomplished forms and complies with the requirements.
When this is approved, this also acts as his permit to transport the weapon for ballistics testing upon his payment of fees.
Upon payment, the applicant brings his firearm and submits it for ballistics test and stencil tracing to the nearest crime laboratory.
After the test, applicant submits his proof of payment and ballistics result to the police fire-arms control desk (FCD) officer.
The FCD then submits and processes the firearms application to regional and then to national office for the issuance of fire-arms license cards.
From then, the cards are sent back to the regional, provincial and municipal offices for distribution to licensees.
There is also a separate process for registration and reapplication of expired licenses, Camp Dagohoy sources said. (PIA)