RA 10951 Penal Provisions

Question 1

Unlawful Acquisition, or Possession of Firearms and Ammunition

Unlawfully acquire or possess a small arm

Answer 1

Prision mayor is its medium period

Question 2

Unlawful Acquisition, or Possession of Firearms and Ammunition

Three or more small arms or Class-a light weapons are unlawfully acquired or possessed by any person

Answer 2

reclusion temporal to reclusion perpetua

Question 3

any person who shall unlawfully acquire or possess a Class-A light weapon

Answer 3

Prision mayor in its maximum period

Question 4

Unlawfully acquire or possess a Class-B light weapon

Answer 4

Reclusion perpetua

Question 5

one (1) degree higher than that provided prior shall be imposed upon any person who shall unlawfully possess any firearm under any or combination of the following conditions:

5

Answer 5

1. Loaded with ammunition or inserted with a loaded magazine;
2. Fitted or mounted with laser or any gadget used to guide the shooter to hit the target such as thermal weapon sight (TWS) and the like;
3. Fitted or mounted with sniper scopes, firearm muffler or firearm silencer;
4. Accompanied with an extra barrel; and
5. Converted to be capable of firing full automatic bursts.

Question 6

unlawfully acquire or possess a major part of a small arm

Answer 6

Prision mayor in its minimum period

Question 7

unlawfully acquire or possess ammunition for a small arm or Class-A light weapon

Answer 7

Prision mayor in its minimum period

If the violation of this paragraph is committed by the same person charged with the unlawful acquisition or possession of a small arm, the former violation shall be absorbed by the latter;

Question 8

unlawfully acquire or possess a major part of a Class-B light weapon

Answer 8

Prision mayor in its maximum period

Question 9

The use of a loose firearm, when inherent in the commission of a crime punishable under the law, shall be considered as a…

Answer 9

Aggravating cirumstance

Question 10

who is licensed to own a firearm but who shall carry the registered firearm outside his/her residence without any legal authority therefor

Answer 10

prision correccional and a fine of ten thousand pesos (Php 10,000.00)

Question 11

unlawfully engage in the manufacture, importation, sale or disposition of a firearm or ammunition, or a major part of a firearm or ammunition, or machinery, tool or instrument used or intended to be used by the same person in the manufacture of a firearm, ammunition, or a major part thereof.

Answer 11

reclusion temporal to reclusion perpetua

Question 12

engage or participate in arms smuggling

Answer 12

reclusion perpetua

Question 13

any person who shall tamper, obliterate or alter without authority the barrel, slide, frame, receiver, cylinder, or bolt assembly, including the name of the maker, model, or serial number of any firearm

Answer 13

prision correccional to prision mayor

Question 14

willfully and maliciously insert; place, and/or attach, directly or indirectly, through any overt or covert act, any firearm, or ammunition, or parts thereof in the person, house, effects, or in the immediate vicinity of an innocent individual for the purpose of implicating or incriminating the person

Answer 14

prision mayor in its maximum period