QuestionsQuestions (FED PNP CIRCULAR NO. 9)
It prescribes the procedures for issuance and renewal of various licenses/authorities for firearms and ammunition dealership, repair shops, and related activities, including general provisions controlling sales and ensuring continuity of regulation.
All Licenses to Operate (new or renewal) are valid for five (5) years. Renewal must be filed at HQ FED-CSG, Camp Crame, Quezon City not later than ninety (90) days before expiration.
Upon expiration, the dealer/indentor/gun repair shop should automatically stop its operation. If renewal was duly filed prior to expiration, the licensee may request a 30-day certification that the application is in process.
It corrects the “awkward situation” by requiring that branch operation cannot be allowed without the mother license; branch and mother effective dates are aligned, and no branch may operate if mother license is lacking.
Mother License is the main license for the dealer’s primary store. Branch License is the license issued to a dealer operating at a different address from the mother license.
Group I: License to Operate Dealership (e.g., firearms/ammunition, spare parts/accessories, airguns/airsofts, reloading components, bullet-proof vests, bomb suits/blankets). Group II: License to Operate Gun Repair Shop. Group III: License to Operate as Indentor.
A new branch store is approved by D, CSG. Subsequent renewals are approved at the level of Cr FED, unless changes require approval of D, CSG anew.
Ninety (90) days upon approval of the circular, effectivity dates of branch licenses must be the same as that of the mother license. No new branch may operate without mother license.
Key items include: (1) location plan showing distance from nearest Police HQ; (2) sketch of firearms/ammunition vault with construction and locking devices; (3) SEC or DTI business registration documents; (4) clearances of manager/proprietor (Mayor/Chief of Police in residence area, NBI, and/or Dl clearance/RIID); (5) accomplished Application for License Deal in Firearms and Ammunition (Form 1); plus a basic letter to the Chief PNP with required certifications/affidavits, vault/store safety information, manager qualifications and gunsmith certification, photos for ocular inspection, security clearances, and payment/receipt of license fee and surety bond.
It states they may disregard certain requirements (specifically those in paragraph 1(a), 1(b), and 2(a), 2(b), 2(c), 2(e), and 2(f)) when applying for Indentor’s License for commercial purposes to PNP/AFP and other government entities.
Authority to Import issued to regular dealers is valid for three (3) years. Authority to Import for indentor’s items is valid for one (1) year.
Imported firearms and major firearm parts (except ammunition/spare parts/accessories/airsofts/airguns as specified) upon arrival and payment of duties/taxes must be transferred to FED-CSG for inspection, inventory, and recording, and thereafter may be kept in the importing dealer’s store vault and displayed only if covered by an Authority to Display.
Sales of ammunition by authorized dealers must be to licensed firearm holders/PNP/AFP/law enforcement agencies/government entities with law enforcement functions, and require approval/issuance of Permit to Purchase Ammunition (PPA) and Permit to Transport (PPT) by Chief, FED. PPA issued to buyers must form part of the monthly report, consolidated for main and branch stores, submitted to FED on or before the 10th day of the succeeding month.
No. Only the store with the mother (main) license is allowed to import; a branch is not allowed to import other than what the mother license permits.