FWIW, gun ownership laws in the Philippines make actual legal ownership prohibitively expensive for all but the rich. At the same time however, there are plenty of loopholes in it that allow local politicians to arm their goons for twisted shit like what happened in Maguindanao a couple years ago.

On a vaguely-related note, I also recently learned that the Philippines and the United States also share the dubious distinction of being the only countries in the world with legalized bounty hunting.

Gun ownership law reform needs to be substantial - initiated at the federal level - and it must above all be for the aim of ensuring that anybody that would like to own a gun should be legally-certified-sane. As it were.

And that’s all I got to say bout that.

:B