Senators cool to centralized processing of gun licenses

Several senators doubt the effectiveness and legality of the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) decision to centralize the firearms renewal process, believing it could worsen the problem of too many loose firearms in the country.

Sen. Grace Poe, chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs, said centralizing firearm registration could discourage gun owners from complying because they are required to personally appear at PNP headquarters in Camp Crame in Quezon City.