A gun-toting administration
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Quite frankly, it just doesn’t make sense for a presidential adviser, or for that matter, any Palace executive, as well as governors and members of Congress, to be licensed by the Philippine National Police (PNP) high-powered rifles that are claimed to have their permit to carry, outside of their homes.
As the rules say, only military and police in their uniforms detailed to the official are licensed to carry high-powered rifles, which may be acceptable under certain circumstances especially if they serve as security men of the official who is being targeted for death.
But it does not make any sense for a government official to be given the permit to carry high-powered rifles, even if he is under threat..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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