aeg registration & PTT

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Here's a brief AAR on what traverse at the meeting with Col.Lawas of Fesagss and AFOC regarding R7 Registration and PTT concerns

- 60+ teams registered

- 2000+ Serial Numbers given

- less than 50% have completed with the registration

- IRR 11 operational on JULY 8, 2008 (day grace period expires), Those who have not complied yet, do so now.

- PTT will only be issued to REGISTERED Replicas with the signature of the teams' President/Chairman, and on registered gamesites.

- PTT will be good for 1 year, max of 5 guns, but must specify on registered gamesites.

- To register a team gamesite just indicate it as the teams official gamesite, if the site is owned by another team then secure a letter from the host team stating your team also uses the same site.

- Games on un-registered gamesites especially during competitions a special PTT is required (there may be additional requirements)

- Only registered and with PTT replica owners will be allowed in future competitions or when the Grace period expires.

- A Special One Way PTT can also be issued to transient owners who wishes to transfer to another island or province or out of towner buyers for 60php only.

- Those who have completed their registration can start applying for the PTT by next week or last week of June.

- Do your transactions with Fesagss on office days only.

PLS be Guided Accordingly...

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Monday, July 28, 2008
‘Even toy guns need papers’

THEY may be “toy” guns but possessing unregistered units or selling them without permit could mean real sanctions.

Chief Insp. Jacinto Cesar, newly appointed head of the PNP Firearms Explosives Security Agencies and Guards Supervisory Section (Fesagss) 7, gave this warning to distributors and users of airsoft pistols and rifles.

Cesar, who took over from Supt. Rey Lyndon Lawas, echoed the warning that Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Avelino Razon gave at the Defense and Sporting Arms Show in Manila last week.

The PNP Firearms and Explosives Division (FED), mother agency of the Fesagss, now require airsoft organizations to register the replica guns owned by members in compliance with PNP Circular 11, dated Dec. 4, 2007.

The circular tones down rules laid down previously, particularly a letter of instruction during the Martial Law years that mandates the outright confiscation of any firearm replica.

The PNP circular also requires stores intending to import, distribute or sell airsoft replica guns to seek license from the FED or face sanctions.

Prohibition

As stated in the circular, airsoft replica guns may not be brought out of one’s residence for warfare simulation games without permits to transport, the same policy applied to firearms used in real shooting competitions.

Stores selling replica guns without licenses may be subject to criminal prosecution, while the firearms can be subject to confiscation and destruction.

Records show that there are a total of 66 registered airsoft enthusiasts’ clubs in Central Visayas, with a combined arsenal of 2,819 airsoft pistols and rifles.

Fesagss issued serial numbers for each gun declared by the airsoft group and required that the serial number be attached to the gun as a requirement for registration.

The guns are then stenciled for record purposes.

SPO1 Alejandro Jarina Jr. of the Fesagss 7 enforcement division said only two airsoft stores in Cebu are accredited by their office. The accreditation papers of three other stores are still being processed.

Jarina said other dealers are having difficulties with the accreditation because of certain requirements, particularly the need to submit a bank certificate showing at least P200,000 in deposits. (KNR)

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That should be fine as long as SPO1 Alejandro Jarina Jr stops collecting P150 "ballistics fee". Or if he should insist then he should issue the corresponding official receipt.