Airsofts, airguns, imitation firearms and replicas are included in the ongoing election gun ban.
Thus declared Commission on Elections (Comelec) spokesman Atty. John Rex Laudiangco, adding that “toy guns per se, which are “readily and easily distinguishable from real firearms, are excluded from the ban.”
“That’s why the enumeration of what would be considered as firearms for purposes of the gun ban are those which have the look of a real firearm. Not readily distinguishable,” Laudiangco said.
The implementation of the gun ban started on January 12, coinciding with the beginning of Election Period. It will be in effect up to June 11, 2025.
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