Airsoft News: PNP Reiterates Gun Ban Includes Airsoft Guns

The chief of the Metro Manila police reminded the public that airsoft guns or gun replicas have been included in the election period’s gun ban.

Director Roberto Rosales, chief of the The National Capital Region Police Office, urged airsoft gun owners and enthusiasts, in a statement, to refrain from carrying their guns so as not to violate Commission on Elections Resolution 8714, which included airsoft guns and gun replicas in the list of items covered by the gun ban.

He advised them to just leave their guns in places where they practice or play their hobby.

He said two men identified as Tristan Castro and Jonas Eslao were nabbed on Sunday morning for carrying a .45 caliber airsoft pistol and a gun replica at the checkpoint in Ortigas Center, Pasig City.

Earlier in the day, the NCRPO reported that three policemen, a member of the Philippine Navy and a government official were among the 11 people arrested in the first few hours of the implementation of the total gun ban on Sunday, the National Capital Regional Police Office said.

PO1 Aldrin Almanzan, SPO1 William Ronquillo, Navy's S1BM Michael Basahan, who all wore civilian clothes but were carrying their service firearms were arrested at a checkpoint put up in Las Piñas City, NCRPO spokesperson Rommel Miranda said.

Another policeman PO1 Dennis Quinto and Lawyer Tecson John Lim, the provincial administrator of Quirino province were also held on Sunday in Quezon City and Manila respectively.

“We won't spare our own men in this campaign. So, all those who plan to violate the (gun ban) must think twice,” Miranda said.

The NCRPO has set up 70 checkpoints in Metro Manila as the nationwide gun ban took effect ahead of the May 2010 elections. During an inspection, Miranda said Rosales reminded the police personnel manning the checkpoints to be courteous and respect human rights of the motorists and the public.

Meanwhile, Rosales also appealed to election candidates to file their application for Temporary Security Detail (TSD) at the Joint Security Control Center soon to allow them to employ security personnel with a legally issued firearm.

As of Sunday afternoon, 26 applications had been approved and 131 applications were still pending for approval.

Source: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net | Niña Calleja Philippine Daily Inquirer (First Posted 20:53:00 01/10/2010)

Clark Travel Leisure Opens Shooting Range for Airsoft Guns in Clearwater Resort Clark Philippines

BB guns or air soft guns are popular for all members of family. Spacious Brunello Gardens in Clearwater Resort Clark Philippines makes for nice arena for shooting range and air soft war games.

Manila, Philippines, October 21, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Yats Clearwater Resort & Country Club is a 13ha property located in the central business district of Clark Freeport Pampanga Philippines. Its location does not prevent it from being one of the most serene and idyllic resort in the vicinity.

Aside from a 10-slot shooting range, the adjacent 2ha Brunello Garden is quite conducive to games and events involving air-soft guns because of the large Acacia trees and a hill in the backdrop plus a lazy river too. Clearwater Resort & Country Club also rent out a few selections of mean-looking air-soft guns including M16, AK45 and a few other favorites.

The 1-ha outdoor living area is blessed with a lot of decades-old Acacia trees providing much-needed shading during the day. The 3ha fresh-water lake provides natural ventilation and cooling of the entire property not to mention facilities for water sports like kayaking, fishing and boating. This is a good rendition of the lifestyle that the Americans left behind after they left the Clark Airbase. A good short description of this lifestyle is suburban laid-back slow-paced clean living.

Clearwater Resort & Country Club provides camping space for up to 500 tents. You have to bring and pitch your own tents. Special arrangements and approvals need to be obtained if food and beverage have to be brought in. Otherwise advanced reservation can be made for cookout and BBQ with the resort’s sister company Yats Restaurant.

YATS Leisure Philippines, a developer and operator of clubs, resorts and high-class restaurants and wine outlets in Clark Angeles Philippines has announced a special full-board package for YATS resort hotel in Clark Philippines called Clearwater Resort and Country Club, just 5 minutes from Angeles City.

Getting there is quite simple: after entering Clark Freeport from Dau and Angeles City, proceed straight along the main highway MA Roxas, passing the stand-along wine shop called Clark Wine Center on your right, continue to bear right making no turns at all, go past Mimosa Leisure Estate on the opposite side of the road, you will hit a major intersection. Go straight and the road becomes Creekside Road. YATS Clearwater Resort and Country Club is on your right just 200m down.

Source: PR.com

The Unholy Alliance Brown vs Green 7 at Naic, Cavite: Re-sched on November 14

In cooperation with Airsoft Xtreme International Magazine
Airsoft Brotherhood Alliance (A.B.A.) with Cavite Airsoft Group (C.A.G.)
Presents
Brown vs Green 7
The Unholy Alliance

Place:
Barangay Malalim Luma, Naic, Cavite at Firebase Cobra Gamesite of C.A.G.

Date: Re-sched on November 14, 2009

Game Fee:
P300 (includes dinner, drinks, live band, raffle price during the fellowship)

Time: 0700H - 1630H (please be early for registration)

Game Starts: 0930H

Contacts:
ABA HQ-Jeff or Bernie Watson
(02)8233504, 09217910401, 09236918537, 09212210781

FPS Limit:
Strictly 450fps at 0.20bbs
Sniper at 550fps with a minimum 20 feet no fire zone.

There is FREE drinking water supply for all throughout the day.

Airsoft Philippines Competition: The Unholy Alliance (Brown vs Green 7) Naic, Cavite

In cooperation with Airsoft Xtreme International Magazine
Airsoft Brotherhood Alliance (A.B.A.) with Cavite Airsoft Group (C.A.G.)
Presents
Brown vs Green 7
The Unholy Alliance

Place:
Barangay Malalim Luma, Naic, Cavite at Firebase Cobra Gamesite of C.A.G.

Date: October 17, 2009

Game Fee:
P300 (includes dinner, drinks, live band, raffle price during the fellowship)

Time: 0700H - 1630H (please be early for registration)

Game Starts: 0930H

Contacts:
ABA HQ-Jeff or Bernie Watson
(02)8233504, 09217910401, 09236918537, 09212210781

FPS Limit:
Strictly 450fps at 0.20bbs
Sniper at 550fps with a minimum 20 feet no fire zone.

There is FREE drinking water supply for all throughout the day.

Airsoft Competition: Join Pagcor Cup 2009 Parañaque Speedball

PAGCOR CUP 2009 Parañaque
At PAGCOR Parañaque, PIRC Bldg NAIA road,
Parañaque City , October 24-25,2009

OBJECTIVES:
* Eliminate all!
* Take the flag, cross to the opponent‘s base.

TEAM COMPOSITION:
* 10 man team, 2 reserves (optional)
* 1 member will be assigned as MEDIC

Rule of a MEDIC:
* Medic can revive a teammate, by giving the first aid flag to the injured teammate. Teammate must stay on the area where he or she got hit.
* Medic carries three (3) first aid flags only.
* Used First aid flag can not be applied to another player
* If MEDIC is hit, he or she can not be revived.

OBJECTIVE COMPLETION OR GAME IS OVER WHEN:
* All opponents are eliminated (flag must be crossed to get 20pts.)
* The Team who crossed the flag wins.
** a player got hit while in the process of securing the flag, the flag must stay where the player got killed.
* When 5 minutes game time lapse. Team with the most number of points… wins.

Point System method:
* 5 points: First team captured the flag
* 20 points: The Team that successfully crossed the flag
* 10 points: per player hit

Perfect score: 125 points

GAME RULE
* 5 minutes game time.
* Start of a game will be a MAG OUT rule, only magazines will be carried out from the starting line.
* Direct hit only will be called.
* No Reset of a game, False start may disqualify a team.
* A player got hit while in the process of securing the flag, the flag must stay where the player got killed.
* All hit players must raise their weapons high above their heads. And immediately proceed to the dead man zone.
* Friendly hit is considered as legitimate hit.
* Unruly players will be immediately ejected from the game and/or from the duration of the tournament (Head Marshal and the committee will rule the final decision).
* Players can not return to their base or use the base as cover

GROUPINGS:
* Team leaders will draw lots for group assignments
* Win over the other will be applied in case on tie
* Top 2 teams will advance to the 2nd day for the quarter finals
* Top teams of the quarter finals will advance to the semis

BASIS FOR EJECTION or REJECTION (game or tournament):
1. No trash talking
2. No blind-firing
3. No hit calling
4. No shooting of marshals
5. No out of bounds
6. Weapons exceeding 450 fps
7. Inflicting bodily harm
8. Hit players couching during the game
9. Bringing a deadly weapon/s
10. Firing outside the game area
11. Refusal to leave from game area after hit is called by a marshal
12. Insulting and using abusive words against another player.
13. Hit players must bring their weapons outside the game area.
14. No passing of weapons and ammunition/magazines from HIT players.
15. All Teams will be given 2 minutes to avoid default.
16. No short pants. short sleeves t-shirt
17. No white T-shirts, sandals or slippers.
18. Full face mask are encouraged. Mesh mask must be supported by any eye protection inside the mask. *Example... Goggles, Sunglasses, prescribe eyewear, etc…
19. All Players must wear a protective vest
20. Only Solar sports and official photographers are allowed to take videos/photos inside the game area.

WEAPONS ALLOWED/ RULES FOR CHRONO
* All airsoft guns will be check by Officials of AEG only.
* Only HOUSE MAG will be use for chrono, ICS .2 bbs will be applied.
* All airsoft guns passed the 450fps limit will be marked and will be deposited to the ARMORY(for fair game)… All guns will be secured by the AEGs and the assigned PAGCOR Security Guards.

No guns will leave the armory unless:
*owner will be on deck for the match
*owner is already out of/from the tournament
*If owner will retrieve his/her gun for repair, the marker will be removed and the same gun will be subject for testing/chrono again.
* Exposed batteries will not be allowed
* Weapons must have a single shot mode. For accurate testing
* Test firing will only be allowed in assigned areas.
* No limit of BBs
* No electric type magazines.
* Pointed tip guns will be disallowed.


MARSHALS’ JUDGEMENT WILL BE THE FINAL DECISION.


PAYMENT:
* Deadline of registration and payment will be on Oct 15, 2009
* Reservations of slots can be arranged by having a Php2,000 (reservation fee is non-refundable) be deposited at the following bank account:
Philippine National Bank: #220-611359-9
Jose C. Bautista
Branch: Ermita
Banco de Oro : #6470041077
Julienne Nicole Salvador
Branch: Moonwalk Parañaque

**pls email or text the transaction number, name and team’s name to jojobautista1964@yahoo.com / 0915-543-7939


PROGRAM:
1st day (Elimination round)

7:00-8:30am………. Registration and chrono (distribution of souvenirs)
8:30-9:00am……….Team Leaders’ briefing
9:00-onwards………Elimination round
12noon Lunch time. (All participants will get free Lunch)

2nd day(Quarter finals/Semi-finals & Finals)

9:00-10:00am……..Chrono
10:30am-4:00pm…Game proper…
5:00pm-onwards… Awarding and fellowship night
Live Band!
A&G sexy dance group
Lots and lots of raffle prizes!!!!
12noon Lunch time. (All qualified participants will get free Lunch)

Airsoft Philippines News: 1st ACES Charity Airsoft Fellowship Games

I read this from mindanaotimes , congrats to TEAM AWOL DAVAO...

WIKIPEDIA, the free online encyclopedia says, “SPORTSMANSHIP is conformance to the rules, spirit, and etiquette of sport. More grandly, it may be considered the ethos of sport. It is interesting that the motivation for sport is often an elusive element. Sportsmanship expresses an aspiration or ethos that the activity will be enjoyed for its own sake, with proper consideration for fairness, ethics, respect, and a sense of fellowship with one’s competitors. Being a good sport involves being a good winner as well as being a good loser.”

In the airsoft world, a sportsmanship award is one of the highest honors a team could reap from a tournament. TEAM AWOL DAVAO, for the 4th time, got another sportsmanship award last September 13, 2009, during the 1st ACES-CIDG Davao Charity Airsoft Fellowship Games held at the ACES game site at Diversion Road, Ma-a, Davao City.

Supported by PAGCOR Davao, Vice Mayor Sara Duterte, Businessman Bebot Uy, Honorable Edgar Ibuyan Sr., Asian United Bank, Tanduay Distillers - Philippines, Quatro Tactical Source, and Mr. Dado Delicano, the tournament was for the benefit of the LINGAP Foundation and the KADAUPAN Ministry of Love.

Team APD-STACT emerged as Champion, Team AWOL Davao as 1st runner up and Team ASG Davao as 2nd runner up. Kudos to J. E. Siao for the pictures.

Airsoft Gun History

The history of "airsoft" originated in Japan during the mid-1970s, mainly because it was illegal to own firearms by private individuals. The first airsoft guns available were spring-powered replicas of firearms that fired 6mm, plastic pellets or BBs. The gun then spread to China, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines and became very popular chiefly because of firearm restrictions in these countries.

The first airsoft guns were those air driven pellet guns, cap-type guns and spring driven pellet guns. The early Japanese air driven pellet guns were based on semi-automatic pistols. They were spring powered. The plastic pellet was propelled by air when the spring piston was released. In the cap-type guns, powerful an explosive cap was used to make the sound of gunfire and to eject the spent cartridge. In spring driven pellet guns, a spring was used to propel the pellet held between two small locks and released when the gun was fired.

Mattel, the famous American toy company had already marketed a product called “Shootin Shells” way back in the 1950s. These guns were identical to the spring driven pellet guns and had Stik-M-Caps that explode to emulate the sound of gunfire. In the 1980s, Daisy BB Gun Company manufactured spring gun models called Replisoft and Soft Air shot at each other by opposing players.

The popularity of airsoft guns in the United States and Europe began in the mid-1990s. There is continued growing interest in the west. In 2003, Daisy started manufacturing and marketing airsoft guns once again in the United States. “Powerstrike” is the brand name used by the company. Other manufacturers are following in Daisy’s footsteps and a host of different models have entered the United States airsoft gun market.

Airsoft Philippines Event: First Calacatchara Festival National Airsoft Speedball Competition

Organized By: BRENWIN Co.
In Cooperation With: TEAM TALAHIB (TActical Legion of Airsoft HIgh Brigade) and TEAM TRIAD


October 17-18, 2009
10 Man Team Speedball Airsoft Competition
450fps Limit @ .20g BBs
Registration Fee P5,000.00/ Team

PRIZES:
Champion: P30,000.00 + Team Trophy + Individual Medal
1st: P20,000.00 + Team Trophy
2nd: P10,000.00 + Team Trophy
3rd: P5,000.00 + Team Trophy
Other team: Certificate of Participation

Special Awards
Best In Uniform
Friendly Team
Fastest Team (Goal)
Best in Maneuver
Most Discipline Team

LOCATION: BIPC Compound Lumbang Kalsada Calaca, Batangas

Speedball Rules and Regulations
• No chrono, No play!
• 450 FPS limit @ 0.20g
• Hardheads & trash talkers will be penalized
• Real guns & bladed weapons are not allowed inside the playing area
• Players must wear proper protective gear before playing
• No hit calling amongst players
• Marshal’s decision is final
• No coaching amongst hit players
*** other rules and regulation will be discuss on the TEAM LEADERS Meeting ***

Point System
• Player Hit : 5 points
• Capture Flag : 20 points
• Goal finished : 30 points
** Total 100 points **
*** Violation Point Deduction will be discuss on the TEAM LEADERS Meeting ***

For Inquiries Please Call/Text:
0907.200.5500 - Gary (Brenwin Co.)
or
0919.405.7021 - Matador
0916.212.5031 - Supercop
0916.340.1790 - Kalembong of Team TALAHIB

FOR UPDATES AND OTHER INFO, CLICK HERE.

Philippine Airsoft Event: The First Airsoft Sniper Shootout Challenge

Politicians with totalitarian tendencies want to ban guns, Airsoft gun lovers are also affected

“An insecure government is afraid of an armed citizenry.”

With this as their battle cry, thousands of licensed gun owners are organizing big protest rallies nationwide to express their opposition to the government’s antigun policies and proposed measures that they described as threats to their rights to defend themselves and their families.

Several progun groups are also wondering why the government is rushing antigun measures, citing, among others, the establishment of gun-free zones, the ban on the tucking of gun (inside waistband-outside waistband); the proposed total gun ban during elections; the proposal to pass a law that will make illegal possession of firearm a nonbailable offense; and, the latest, a proposed bill in the House of Representatives, to further limit ownership and use of weapons by peaceful and responsible citizens.

The gun-free zones was reportedly proposed by the antigun group International Action Network on Small Arms, which is very active in lobbying for antigun measures not only in the country but worldwide.

The group is said to be well-funded and well-connected, internationally, the reason government officials are giving in to the group’s pressure.

Airsoft groups have vowed to join the protest as they themselves are affected by antigun policies.

As a prelude to the big rally, Internet forums and social-networking sites were flooded by opposition to these antigun policies and threatened to fight them tooth and nail.
House Bill 6658, authored by Lakas Rep. Pedro Romualdo of Camiguin, seeks stricter gun control that included airsoft guns.

As embodied in the bill, all airsoft guns, and all gas- and spring-operated pistols and rifles will now be classified as real firearms.

Also, the bill provides that if a person is with a group of people when caught with an unlicensed firearm or parts of a gun, with or without the knowledge of his companions, the group will be presumed to be in illegal possession of firearms, and shall be all be charged accordingly.

Penalties were also increased in the proposed bill, such as life imprisonment for illegal possession or manufacture of firearms or light weapons, six to 18 years for illegal possession of ammunition, including blanks, as well as noxious liquid and gas dispensers.
Illegal possession of firearms shall now be considered as a separate and distinct penalty if any other crime is committed in the same act. Thus, a person can be charged twice for the same act and be slapped with two penalties.

“Light weapons” are now defined and prohibited, which include any weapon capable of holding a “drum” magazine, which would include practically all semiautomatic rifles, including rimfire caliber .22s.

During a public hearing of the House Committee on Public Order and Safety, members of the Peaceful and Responsible Owners of Guns (ProGUN) and other stakeholders in the firearm industry were invited to give their views on HB 6658, but were dismayed when the panel did not allow any of those invited to speak.

They were supposed to read the lengthy position paper on the flawed provisions of the bill.
Instead, Lakas-Kampi-CMD Rep. Rodolfo Antonino of Nueva Ecija, committee chairman, allowed a few short comments from members of the panel before voting to approve the measure.

Later, when one of the members of ProGUN called a member of the committee and inquired why the bill was bing railroaded, the legislator purportedly told him: “That’s a Malacañang-backed bill. The Office of the President made direct contact with the congressmen [not him] to approve that bill.”

Moderators and members of pinoyguns.com are enraged over these gun policies and are presently coordinating with ProGUN officials and several groups to iron out the planned big protest rallies.

“Politicians who have totalitarian tendencies prefer unarmed citizens.… It is these same politicians who are willing to do anything, by hook or by crook, to get what they want, even if it means sacrificing someone else, in this case, these politicians want to sacrifice our God-given right to bear arms [although this is considered a privilege here in the Philippines] and our safety to further their own ambitions,” commented one of the members.

Earlier, the Association of Firearms and Ammunitions Dealers of the Philippines (Afad), reacting to the recent call of President Arroyo to “look into legislation that can tackle access to firearms and bring their availability under control” while, at the same time, to “look at new, stiffer penalties for anyone using a firearm when committing a crime,” said legislators should distinguish between loose firearms in the hands of criminals and licensed firearms in the hands of peace-loving citizens.

Nereo “Neri” Dionisio, Afad chairman, said a check with the record of the National Police Firearms and Explosives Division will show that only 12 licensed firearms, as against 1,719 unlicensed firearms, were involved in criminal cases last year.

“Further scrutiny into these records should reveal that these 12 cases involve minor infractions of gun laws and not related to murders of journalists and high-profile personalities,” Dionisio said.

Sources: businessmirror.com