Article: Barangay, SK candidacies filed today; 671,120 positions to be contested on Oct. 29 Comelec also imposes gun ban starting today.(Main News)

Article: Capiz policemen reminded on gun ban.(Provincial News)
Manila Bulletin;  January 2, 2007 ;     271 words ......outside residence during the gun ban period for the May elections. The five-month gun ban will start on January 14...residence during the gun ban period as provided under Comelec...Force Hope to implement the gun ban. Calderon said the task...

Article: SENATE REAFFIRMS VOTE FOR GUN BAN
The Boston Globe;  June 29, 1990 ;     535 words ......any kind of gun. The 50-48 vote for the gun ban reaffirmed the original surprise May 23...one senator changed" his vote, said the gun ban sponsor, Sen. Dennis DeConcini, a Democrat...joined eight Republicans to approve the gun ban. All New England senators voted for the...

Article: House aims at end to gun ban Despite vote to repeal, assault weapons law is safe for now
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  March 23, 1996 ;     700+ words ......substance, since there is no chance that the gun ban will be repealed this year. Senate Majority...delegation, which voted 6-3 to repeal the gun ban. Democrat Dave Obey and Republicans Steve...and Jerry Kleczka voted to retain the gun ban. It was the first vote on the issue for...

Article: 45 gun ban violators nabbed; Cops step up checkpoint operations.(Provincial News)
Manila Bulletin;  February 13, 2007 ;     333 words ......have intensified the enforcement of the election gun ban since the start of the election period. Policemen...apprehended at the checkpoint for violation of the gun ban. The arrested gun ban suspects included a policeman, an Army personnel...

Article: Exemptions can make gun ban inutile, says Pimentel.(Provincial News)
Manila Bulletin;  February 4, 2003 ;     336 words ......Police (PNP) to exempt politicians from the gun ban imposed by President Gloria Macapagal...Politicians should not be exempted from the gun ban. If their lives are threatened, police...dictates. And that would be the end of the gun ban, he said. The opposition senator was reacting...

Article: Arroyo's security guard arrested for gun ban violation
Xinhua News Agency;  February 15, 2004 ;     219 words ...Arroyo's security guard arrested for gun ban violation MANILA, Feb. 15 (Xinhua...guards has been arrested for violating a gun ban imposed by the Commission on Elections...out, and "a case of violation of Comelec gun ban and alarm and scandal" will be filed in...

Article: Melo favors total gun ban.
Philippines News Agency;  March 24, 2009 ;     258 words ......Comelec) chairman Jose Melo favors a total gun ban during the election period in the 2010...answer, but he personally supported a total gun ban. Para sa akin kung total ban ang pag-uusapan...exemption among individuals if a total gun ban would be discussed, but, of course, the...

Article: PNP told to implement gun ban.(Metro & National News)
Manila Bulletin;  February 19, 2007 ;     260 words ......Police (PNP) to strictly implement the gun ban and to mount checkpoints and surprise...civilians exempted by the Comelec from the gun ban are allowed to carry firearms during the...places like nightspots to help police catch gun ban violators. Firearms may be sneaked inside...

Article: U. drops its lawsuit over campus gun ban
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  March 18, 2007 ;     174 words ......a federal lawsuit to retain its campus gun ban Wednesday after almost six years. U.S...2001, sought approval of a campus-wide gun ban, but university leaders have dropped the...original hopes of getting a complete gun ban on certain areas of campus including sports...

Article: BRAZIL: SUDDEN SHIFT IN PUBLIC OPINION COULD TORPEDO GUN BAN
Inter Press Service English News Wire;  October 24, 2005 ;     700+ words ......well end up voting against a proposed gun ban in a referendum Sunday. Up until September...revealed even greater opposition to the gun ban, with only 33.7 percent supporting it...Legitimate Defense, which is opposed to the gun ban, and the Front for a Gun-Free Brazil...

Article: 93 Gun Ban Violators Arrested in Philippines
Xinhua English Newswire;  January 26, 1998 ;     165 words ......the last two weeks for violation of the gun ban, a senior official from the Commission...National Police. The Comelec has imposed the gun ban since January 11, the beginning day for...low-powered guns were seized from the gun ban violators. So far, he said, five cases...

Article: COMELEC imposes gun ban to two cities outside ARMM.
Philippines News Agency;  August 6, 2008 ;     236 words ......Isabela (Basilan) in the coverage of the gun ban which has been in effect since May 28...of their proximity to the region. The gun ban is also applicable in the cities of Cotabato...Nicodemo Ferrer. The Comelec imposes a gun ban to minimize the possibilities of violence...

Article: NCR cops nab 273 gun ban violators, seize 229 firearms.
Manila Bulletin;  March 11, 2004 ;     412 words ......Since the implementation of the election gun ban last Dec. 15, members of the National...the course of the implementation of the gun ban, 87 bladed weapons have been confiscated...Leon reminded the public to folllow the gun ban being implemented by the Commission on...

Article: THOMAS CALLS ON PRESIDENT TO REJECT EXPANSION OF GUN BAN
Capitol Hill Press Releases;  October 23, 1997 ;     639 words ......CALLS ON PRESIDENT TO REJECT EXPANSION OF GUN BAN Washington, D.C. -- An administrative...arbitrarily expand the 1994 semi-assault weapon gun ban without consultation with Congress should...said by attempting to manipulate the 1994 gun ban law to include legal guns the President...