Negros Oriental is one of the sources of the more than 2,000 loose firearms identified by the Firearms Explosives Security Agency Guard Service Section in Region 7, FESAGSS-7 chief, Supt. Rey Lyndon Lawas said yesterday.

Lawas said at present, only 25 percent of the total number of loose firearms in the region were given licenses.

FESAGSS-7 ranked second in the entire country for having the highest number of loose firearms that were licensed. An estimated revenue of P9 million was collected through the firearms amnesty, Lawas said.

He added that 20 percent of the total amount will be given back to the PNP in the form of projects and programs.

The national government through FESAGSS is offering an amnesty to all unlicensed firearms holder in the country. It started in December last year and will end in November this year, Lawas said.

FESSAGS is also accepting firearms with expired licenses.

Lawas said licensed firearms have records at Camp Crame which helps the PNP in finding lead to the perpetrators of a crime. The ballistics data bank also contains information about licensed guns, he added.*MA

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