Police in Manila, Philippine arrest a cellphone technician for carrying an airsoft gun when there is an election gun ban in place. The arrested man's alibi is that somebody asked him to fix the battery of the airsoft gun and that that owner of the gun is to pick it up. He is not aware of the election gun ban when he was asked.

It looks like the debate whether airsoft is covered or not by the Philippine Election Gun Ban is now over. Whilst it was indicated in the COMELEC issued Comelec Resolution No. 10015 that replicas are covered, some airsoft players think they can given that airsoft has been excluded as firearm in Republic Act No. 10591 (RA 10591), they are exempted in the election gun ban.

A heads up for airsoft players and firearms enthusiasts in the Philippines. On Thursday, the 22 of January 2014, the election period for the Sanggunaiang Kabatan (Youth Council) will take effect until the 2nd of March 2015. This means that the election gun ban will take place. Airsoft players and airgun owners are still confused if airsoft guns and airguns are still included in the election gun ban since they have been removed from the "firerams" classification with RA 10591 (unless used in a crime).

It's "MASKS DOWN" in the Philippines where airsoft players from all over the islands will start to rejoice as the election gun ban ended last night at 2359 GMT + 8. This is according to the provisions of Comelec Resolution No. 9561-A as part of the mid-term Elections last May 13. With gun violence during the election campaigns happening, gun bans are put into place during elections.

One vibrant part of the airsoft world is back into action, no wonder there are group hugs all over the Philippine Isles.