By Pexcel John Bacon and Mark Joseph M. Sanchez
THE Interior department is seeking to let the Philippine National Police (PNP) inspect the homes of people with lawfully issued firearms, including government personnel, after two school shootings exposed gaps in gun safekeeping.
Interior Secretary Juanito Victor C. Remulla said the proposed change to the implementing rules and regulations would let police check whether firearms are stored properly and kept out of children’s reach.
“What we are proposing is [for] the PNP to be granted access to all homes of lawfully issued firearms to inspect their procedures in safekeeping,” he told congressmen at a hearing on the Department of the Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) 2027 budget.
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