CALBAYOG CITY – Samar first district Representative Mel Senen Sarmiento, who is the senior vice chair of the committee on public order at the House of Representatives, calls for increased penalty for illegal possession of firearms.
Sarmiento said that through his committee they will be reviewing the law on illegal possession of firearms in order to have a more strict law that will penalize those who are having unlicensed firearms.
“If this will be pushed through, this will end or minimize the problem of gun- related incidents in the country,” Sarmiento said.
He also said that this is a national issue which his colleagues in Congress should look into considering its implication to the crime incidents in the country.
Sarmiento claimed that crime incidents in the country could be traced to illegal possession of firearms which also resulted to the existence of private armed groups.
He emphasized that gun related incidents in the country is very high.
“Try to look at the news everyday, how many people are being shot,?” he asked.
He also cited the state of Illinois in the U. S. where the average gun-related crime incidents in one year totals 1,200 cases. (NOEL SEVILLANO TALACAY)
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