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PNP: Glitch in firearm registration system no cause for alarm

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Jorge Cariño, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Philippine National Police Headquarters, Camp Crame in Quezon City. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/10/17/20160701-camp-crame-jc3.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Philippine National Police Headquarters, Camp Crame in Quezon City.<em> Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — The Philippine National Police on Thursday said gun owners need not be apprehensive over a glitch in the firearm registration system experienced in the past few days.</p><p>“As of 6 a.m., kaninang umaga, according sa IT experts natin, meron na silang naayos na 90 percent. So, meron pang naiwan na 10 percent. &#x27;Yun &#x27;yung gagawin nila mamayang gabi. And hopefully bukas ng umaga maayos nila &#x27;yan,” said Police Col. Kenneth Lucas, chief of the PNP Firearms and Explosives Office, in an interview Thursday.</p><p>He said the computer glitch came out during the migration of the old systems to the new system. </p><p>Lucas said they are currently in the process of consolidating all 3 systems under one Firearms Information Management System.</p><p>“Because dito sa FEO, meron tayong 3 system. &#x27;Yung una is way back 2004 na-develop &#x27;yun, &#x27;yung 2nd is 2008 or 9, kung &#x27;di ako nagkamali. Then &#x27;yung latest system na ginagamit natin is nitong 2017. So, gusto sana nating pag-isahin &#x27;yung system para mas mabilis &#x27;yung pag-verify natin ng mga lisensiya,” said Lucas.</p><p><br/>IT experts working on the migration said the computer system also migrated old registration data, which eventually caused the double entry of old listings of firearm. </p><p>The old lists may include firearms previously owned by registered owners but eventually transferred to another registered owner.</p><p>“So, &#x27;pag nakikita niyo dun sa account niyo, &#x27;pag nabubuksan niyo is nagkaroon ng parang double entry. Same make, caliber, pareho lang naman. And meron pang isang naging problema, nahigop din niya &#x27;yung dating baril mo, dating firearm mo na nai-transfer mo sa iba,” Lucas said.</p><p>He said IT experts are almost done fixing the system, saying it will not pose any adverse effect on responsible gun owners registered on the system.</p><p>“Wala naman po. Wala po. &#x27;Yun nga lang, medyo kinakabahan &#x27;yung mga responsible gun owners dahil nga dun sa nangyari, dumami &#x27;yung baril nila. So, iniisip nila baka magkakaproblema na naman sila kung paano nila tatanggalin dun sa firearm account nila,” said Lucas.</p><p>To date, there are 1,700 individuals registered with License To Own and Possess Firearms and more than 700 juridical entities, such as security agencies, the PNP-FEO said.</p><p>Across the country, PNP-FEO data indicates more than 2.3 million registered firearms. The system also listed down another 1.7 million firearms as unregistered. </p><p>Lucas said the unlicensed firearms cover those whose gun owners were already deceased or too old to renew their licenses.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2246679" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

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PNP: Glitch in firearm registration system no cause for alarm

Jorge Cariño,

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Published Sep 22, 2022 03:26 PM PHT

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