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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 194 - AMENDING
GENERAL ORDER NO. 7, DATED SEPTEMBER 23, 1972; GENERAL ORDER NO. 7-A,
DATED SEPTEMBER 30, 1972; GENERAL ORDER NO. 7-B, DATED JANUARY 17, 1973
AND GENERAL ORDER NO. 7-C, DATED FEBRUARY 21, 1973
WHEREAS,
General Order No. 7 provides that only officers and men of the Armed
Forces of the Philippines and police officers in the actual performance
of their official mission or duty shall be allowed to carry firearms
outside of their residence;
WHEREAS, General Order No. 7-A provides that agents of the National
Bureau of Investigation shall be allowed to carry firearms outside of
their residence while in the actual performance of their official
mission or duty to include guards of the Bureau of Prisons and of
Provincial and City Jails provided that they carry their firearms only
within the premises of the prison or jail and/or while escorting
prisoners;
WHEREAS, General Order No. 7-B provides that officers and enlisted
personnel in the active service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines
may hold under license a maximum of only one (1) low-powered rifle and
one (1) sidearm of any type or caliber; limits the number of firearms
to be possessed by each individual and regulates the operations of gun
clubs;
WHEREAS, General Order No. 7-C provides that the commissioned officers
in good standing of the Reserve Force, Armed Forces of the Philippines
who are in inactive status may hold under license only one (1) low
powered rifle and one (1) sidearm not higher than caliber .45 pistol;
WHEREAS, the rising threat to peace and order posed by criminality,
insurgency, subversion, and the secessionist movement requires the
dedicated efforts not only of law enforcement agencies but private
citizens as well;
WHEREAS, the present thrust of the PNP is to combat all kinds of
criminality while current government programs need the support and
participation of the citizenry to effectively prevent and suppress
criminality and to maintain public order and safety in the land;
WHEREAS, Sec. 887 of the Revised Administrative Code, which has not
been repealed, provides that any person desiring to possess one or more
firearms for personal protection or for use in hunting or other lawful
purposes only, and ammunition thereof, shall apply for a license(s) to
possess such firearm or firearms and/or ammunition as hereinafter
provided.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Republic
of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do
hereby order:
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Sec. 6. Since 19.07.98.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 24th day of February, in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand.
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