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‘Smart guns’ in US seeking to shake up firearms market

Daniel Trotta, Reuters
Posted at Jan 15 09:52 AM

Personalized smart guns, which can be fired only by verified users, may finally become available to US consumers. Read more »

THROWBACK: Gun ownership in PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 08 08:00 AM

In this throwback episode, "Failon Ngayon" tackles the process of owning a gun in the Philippines, and touches on the procedure of securing permits and licenses as well as the presence of illegal firearms and ammunition in the country. Read more »

LOOK: BRP Abraham Campo personnel test naval guns

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 24 04:36 PM

The Philippine Navy’s Naval Forces Central on Tuesday test-fired of naval guns aboard the BRP Abraham Campo (PC396) in Camotes Sea. Read more »

House panel OKs extension of gun license validity period

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 16 11:08 PM

The House Committee on Public Order and Safety on Tuesday approved the proposed bill extending the validity period of gun licenses. Read more »

Gunman in Idaho shopping mall shooting spree dies

Steve Gorman, Reuters
Posted at Oct 27 03:49 PM

A man who opened fire with a handgun at a shopping mall in Boise, Idaho, died on Tuesday from wounds sustained during the violence a day earlier. Read more »

2 killed, 4 wounded in Idaho mall shooting

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 26 10:22 AM

Two people were killed Monday and 4 others were injured when a gunman opened fire in a shopping mall in the US state of Idaho. Read more »

Guns for firefighters: Duterte signs new BFP bill

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 10 08:37 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday signed a bill modernizing the Bureau of Fire Protection, including a provision arming firefighters with guns. Read more »

Lacson rejects proposal to arm civilians, says PNP should instead show competence

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 30 11:26 AM

Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday rejected a proposal of arming civilians to help law enforcers stop criminality, saying it could lead to possible abuse. Read more »

Texas nagpasa ng batas na pwedeng magdala ng baril na walang permit

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 17 01:20 PM

Inaprubahan sa Texas sa Estados Unidos ang isang batas na pinahihintulutan ang sinumang legal na magdala ng baril na dalhin ito sa pampublikong lugar kahit walang permit.  Read more »

US government announces clampdown on 'ghost guns'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 08 07:44 AM

The US Justice Department moved Friday to tighten firearms regulations and close loopholes that have allowed the rapid proliferation of untraceable, home-assembled "ghost guns." Read more »

Pulis na idinadawit sa ilegal na pagbenta ng armas, patay sa entrapment sa Albay

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 08 11:28 PM

Patay ang isang pulis matapos mauwi sa engkuwentro ang entrapment operation laban sa kaniya sa bayan ng Daraga, Albay umaga ng Biyernes.  Read more »

Former Swiss police employee accused of selling weapons via darknet

Reuters
Posted at Apr 08 11:30 PM

ZURICH - The former chief of logistics for a regional Swiss police force appeared in court on Thursday accused of falsely buying guns and bullets on behalf of his employer and selling them via the darknet. Read more »

Biden plans crackdown on untraceable 'ghost guns'

Trevor Hunnicutt and Jeff Mason, Reuters
Posted at Apr 08 09:45 AM

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday will unveil his administration's first steps to curb gun violence, including a plan to reduce the proliferation of 'ghost guns,' after a slew of mass shootings that have put pressure on him to act. Read more »

US House set to vote on bills to expand gun background checks

David Shepardson, Reuters
Posted at Mar 08 11:08 AM

The US House of Representatives is set to vote on Wednesday on a pair of bills to expand background checks before gun purchases, 2 years after a similar House effort failed to make it through the Senate. Read more »

Mag-live-in partner na nakuhanan umano ng droga, mga baril, arestado sa QC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 24 03:37 PM

Arestado sa Quezon City ang isang mag-live-in-partner at kapatid ng babaeng suspek matapos makuhanan ng ilegal na droga at mga baril, sabi ngayong Miyerkoles ng pulisya. Read more »

Paggamit ng paputok, limitado na lang sa gobyerno, hepe ng pulis ng LGU: Duterte

Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 05 03:44 AM

MAYNILA - Hindi na itutuloy ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang nauna niyang planong magpatupad ng total firecracker ban sa bansa ngayong Disyembre. Read more »

Palace to firecracker makers: Find a different job

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 08 04:14 PM

Manufacturers of firecrackers should look for an alternative livelihood as President Rodrigo Duterte mulls its total ban, Malacañang said Tuesday.  Read more »

Duterte mulls 'total ban' on firecrackers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 08 01:27 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday he might ban "totally" the use of firecrackers and pyrotechnics in the Philippines, especially during Christmas and New Year's eve. Read more »

Teenager charged in US shootings due in court

Reuters
Posted at Dec 03 11:58 PM

Kyle Rittenhouse, a US teenager accused of fatally shooting two protesters and wounding a third during protests in Wisconsin over the summer, is due in court on Thursday, where his lawyer will argue for dismissal of two of the six charges against him.   Read more »

US boy fatally shoots self at his third birthday party

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 27 11:26 AM

Authorities said the boy had found a pistol that had fallen out of a relative's pocket. Read more »