QuestionsQuestions (FED)
The IRR was promulgated pursuant to Section 8 of Executive Order (EO) No. 256 dated 21 December 1995. Its purpose is to prescribe and rationalize the fees and charges on firearms and related items (including explosives, pyrotechnics, and firecrackers) and to supersede EO No. 58 series of 1987.
It covers charges/fees, exemptions, procedure of payment, and administrative fines for firearms licensees and related stakeholders (manufacturers, dealers, indentors, repairmen, importers), as well as Gun Clubs, Hunting Clubs, Firing Ranges, and other transacting business with the Firearms and Explosives Division (FED), CIVISCOM.
A Firearms License is authorization issued by the FED/PNP for firearm ownership and use under specified categories. Regular Licenses include Regular License (RL), Long Regular License (LRL), and Short Regular License (SRL), each applicable to different holders (e.g., private individuals, firms/corporations, and employees of firms).
A Special Permit (SP) is issued to government officials and employees for privately owned firearms. A Long Certificate of Registration (LCR) is issued to government agencies or offices and government-owned or controlled corporations for firearms used by their officials and employees.
A Firearm Bond is a cash security intended to cover administrative fines and serve as a commitment bond to comply with laws and regulations. For RL firearms, the bond is forfeited in favor of the PNP if the firearm is reported lost and/or upon revocation of the license by proper authority.
Registered organic firearms of the PNP, AFP, NBI, BJMP, and other law enforcement agencies (including Napolcom) are exempt. Also, government employees and retirees and military officer reservists get 50% discount (but not less than P150 per firearm), and senior citizens get 20% discount.
Metro Manila applicants submit documents to concerned FED branches/units (e.g., Licensing, Operations, Storage, Records, PTCFOR Secretariat). Provincial applications may be filed at Provincial Police Commands or CIVISCOM Districts for evaluation, inspection, and verification.
Payments must be covered by a separately marked Official Receipt (OR) reflecting the pertinent data. The original OR or an authenticated photocopy is required in all other transactions before and after approval of the license/permit/registration.
Examples include: Rifle .22 or lower—P150.00; Shotgun (all gauges)—P175.00; Pistol/Revolver .22 ordinary—P200.00; Pistol/Revolver 9mm and similar listed calibers—P300.00; Pistol/Revolver .357/.40/.44/.45 and listed Magnum .22 centerfire—P350.00; High Powered Rifle/Sub-Machine Gun—P500.00.
The cost of computerized plastic license cards and PTCFOR cards are not included. License card—P45.00; PTCFOR card—P45.00.
The fee is P2,000.00 per permit. Exemptions include specified senior government officials (e.g., Senators and Congressmen, Cabinet Members, Department Secretaries and certain constitutional commission heads, justices of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, Ombudsman and deputies, Justices of the Sandiganbayan), active AFP/PNP personnel and certain officials (certified), NBI/BJMP/Napolcom personnel, military officer reservists on active duty training, and others that the C, PNP or Office of the President may exempt.
No firearm application shall be approved without a certificate of attendance by the applicant in a seminar covering gun safety, responsibility, laws, regulations, and other pertinent topics.
Administrative fines by category include: Rifle .22—P500.00; Shotgun—P700.00; Pistol/Revolver .22 ordinary—P800.00; listed calibers .25/.32/.38/.380/9mm/7.65mm/6.35mm and Magnum .22 rimfire—P900.00; .357/.40/.41/.44/.45 and Magnum .22 centerfire—P1,000.00; High-powered rifle/Sub-machine gun—P1,000.00.
Surcharges are: after 1 month—10%; after 2 months—20%; after 3 months—30%; after 4 months—40%; after 5 months—50%; after 6 months—100%.
Firearm licenses not renewed after six (6) months are deemed revoked/cancelled and terminated, and the firearms are subject to confiscation.
Violations may be dealt with criminally and administratively as evidence warrants. Thus, it is not limited to administrative penalties.