Ph: P200 fine or 30-day imprisonment penalties for indiscriminate gun firing

Php200 fine or 30-day imprisonment penalties for indiscriminate gun firing

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The punishment for any person who indiscriminately fire guns during revelry, according to the law is only Imprisonment by 30 days or a fine of P200.



Under Article 155 of the Revised Penal Code, the act of firing a gun in the air is considered a case of alarm and scandal is only punishable by a 30-day imprisonment or a P200 fine.

Indiscriminate firing has become a hot button topic once more after this past holiday season when a video of men firing guns went viral. The 39-second video posted on the Filipino Netizens’ Facebook page Sunday showed two men firing their rifles into the air in the presence of a handful of bystanders.



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Grabe! hindi man lang nila naisip na baka may tamaan silang mga inosenteng tao, hindi ba nila alam na bawal magpaputok ng anu mang uri ng baril sa pagsalubong sa bagong taon? sana mapansin ito ng kinauukulan ng mabigyan ng nararapat na kaparusahan.. nakita ko po yung videong ito naka upload sa mismong FB account nila na si Edgardo Quinit. paki SHARE na lang po para kumalat..
Posted by Aris Natividad on Saturday, January 2, 2016

The Philippine National Police (PNP) said it was looking to determine the origin of the video.
"Presently, 'yun ang ginagawa natin: ini-examine natin kung ito nga’y galing sa abroad or local. Kung local man ito, saan [nangyari]. So ini-examine at ini-evaluate pa ito ng ating anti-cybercime group," Mayor said.
Latest data from the PNP show 41 stray bullet-related injuries with no fatalities. It has also recorded 54 stray bullet incidents.

A measure to address the penalties for indiscriminate firing has been filed in the House of Representatives last February.

House Bill 5387, filed by retired PNP-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) director and ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Samuel Pagdilao, seeks to reclassify indiscriminate gun firing into Illegal Discharge of Firearms, a violation of Article 254 of the Revised Penal Code. The act is punishable by imprisonment from six years and one day to 12 years.
Currently, Illegal Discharge of Firearms only covers the firing of a weapon against another person without the intent to kill.

source GMA News