A pipeline via turkey plus south koreas does struggling to climb the social escalator counting the cost on ill just see a. Hello and welcome to rewind. Today were rewinding back to 2014 in the philippines the country was experiencing a spike in gun violence in the time and the governments response was to introduce new restrictions on the purchase and possession of firearms have been a fierce backlash from the gun Owners Community which was insisting on the right of selfdefense against. Escalating criminality against his background aljazeera one o one east series and the investigate the black market in gangs in the philippines to find out whether the new laws were making any difference here is the film stray bullets. Every 9 minutes someone in the philippines makes a deal to buy a gun. According to Police Statistics within half an hour of that purchase. A crime is committed. When someone is murdered. In the philippines the murder rate per capita involving firearms is 3 times higher than the United States and steve cho on this episode a one on one east we look at a new law the government says will put an end to gun crime and if so critics ask why havent the killings stopped. On any given weekend across the philippines youll find shooting ranges packed with gun lovers through makeshift mazes the battle to win the weekends title are the fastest draw. The almost religious devotion to shooting in this nation reflects a deeply imbedded gun culture. And while the right to bear arms is an inch trying the constitution like in the United States many here believe it should be gun ownership is a civil right. This is ernesto. The face of the progun lobby we believe that we should have our freedom to own and process where our maybe so but others have suffered on the other end of the gun. From the moment she was born Stephanie Nicole was the life of her family. Shed been hit by a stray bullet after someone fired into the air to celebrate the new year. Stephanies bright light when. Her father jade remains devastated he spends hours a week by her grave. Maybe comes to me to get the last things live. Those memories but memories always come octal me. And what also remains is the pain of not knowing whos responsible for firing the gun that marked. Police have yet to make an arrest you know escape or live in my heart. You know lace remembering those things that makes me smile even though. Most of the still no justice for her. The public outcry over stephanys death among dozens of others forced the government in may of 2013 to revamp how it regulates guns. This is louis oberst the chief of the Police Firearms division he takes us through a newly renovated offers that will for the 1st time in the philippines register gun owners by computer. Till now the Record Keeping has been done by hand because of this opus believes 70 percent of all gun registrations to date were faked making it almost impossible for police to track down owners of guns used in crimes on my 2nd day here in my office i kicked out 16 people. 16 people yes the straight talking chief of firearms was only recently brought in task of cleaning up a Department Long accused of taking bribes ever selling guns seized from crimes on the black market were now trying to introduce technology because when you introduce technology you could lessen corruption. His other task is to put into practice the new gun law that includes much higher fees for gun ownership and more stringent drug and psychiatric tests of those who want to own them i believe that not everyone should have a firearm. In this country it is not their right to have a gun. It is a privilege given to an individual to have this fire. We go looking for a gun shop to find out how this new law is affecting business with at least one in every major mall in the philippines theres easy to find. The display case of this store shows off a variety for sale this one has a laser sight from high powered handguns. To semiautomatic rifles that. The gun industry pumps 60000000. 00 a year into the economy how have gun sales been recently since the law was announced has it been yeah hasnt affected how much the owner emits sales are down. 50 percent that much. But that sort of talk has the progun community up in arms. Well you just did the right of natives got orders to order. Youre not solving the problem of criminality of the philippines because these are not the people who were committing the crime. If the new gun controls have any chance of succeeding opus agrees police will have to clear the streets of illegal firearms especially in the countrys many slums. Weve come to tondo in manila its the most congested shanty town in the world where people get by on a few cents a day by recycling garbage. Tondo is also one of the most dangerous places in the country gangs have carved out their own territories and shootings happen daily but weve arranged to meet members of a group known as the Temple Street gang they control some of the streets and here the interesting part is that they dont consider themselves criminals but our form of Neighborhood Watch we navigate deep into the narrow warrens of tondo places where police rarely go to find the group and its leaders. Heard it from steve this is the same as mr. Jesse a bello is one of the enforcers for the Temple Street. Gang. Leader and until he tells me he runs 20 men here theyre mostly boards. So just you say this whole area is yours. He shows off his patch. Started on the streets of l. A. The t. S. T. Created a philippines chapter sometime in the 1980 s. Now theyre battling rival gangs to see who will. Jesse says he became a member of t. S. T. When he was 16 hes now 21 warning that im no longer really when i joined again i felt a sense of. You have your group of friends who are true its a real fellowship you can count on. A fellowship he believes has kept him alive in what is a perilous place for young men. A few weeks earlier local news channels headline a shootout between 2 rival groups in the area the back and forth battle was captured on security cameras. The group would say if he was involved but jesse shows us all Bullet Wounds from past fights. So your shot here and i can see the boy in there exactly how he got them he wont say this here only came out. Came out here sized during a fight or what happened that. I was just accused of something and things just happen. That i then one of the gang returns with something to show us its a handwritten note. And this is the gun. Its an old one but were told its been used to kill at least 2 people why do you need a gun why do you guys need guns all polls all your enemies also have guns your enemies also have guns so you need guns to protect yourself. Despite the tough talk jesse admits the fighting the shootings the killings have taken their toll. In the beginning i said to myself i wouldnt do certain things that i joined again just for the friendships. But i feel since lost my way is the im the one looking for trouble. That guns are needed to survive here is something we hear again at our next stop in toronto. Were met by orphans their thieves talk to steal guns by one of the areas dealers. Inside we need that dealer who will call george. He shows us some of his current stock. Up until a year ago george was a painter then he lost his job and says he had no choice but to get into guns. He says he makes twice as much now. Do you ever feel. Knowing youre selling weapons. You know when. Its up to the boys. Maybe its for their protection. I dont care where or how the music they bought the thing is i sold a gun. And george has sold many of them more than 100. 00 over the past year. He does so he says not only to feed the orphans but also just for his own 5 children one who sick in hospital. Even though i dont want to because i can and the team. One of my children is ill i need money for medicine and for the surgeries thats why i dont really care about the punishment its nothing for me. As for the new law george says the poor cant afford the high fees to register guns besides he says people have little faith in police little its impossible for this law to how many Police Actually look of the civilians. All cops are criminals in this neighborhood if someone really wants to kill the police car and would protect you. Do you reckon superintendent that one of the weaknesses traditionally for the Philippine National police is enforcement yes i agree with you how do you overcome. This problem the Philippine National police trying to change but we cannot change overnight it will take. Trying our best and we have agreed and we have admitted there were 4. Im not trying to call it. But in tondo change is not happening fast enough we come across a way its for. A man who sold mangoes in the slum he was known as a tender gentle man still he was shot and killed. If you start to look kids continue to play basketball nir barkat. With so many deaths here another just doesnt mean that much. His wife louisa and brother are left agree by themselves police have no suspects and luis has left to wonder why he was killed but did not hear me not enough. I dont know why he was shot he didnt wrong anyone he was just making a living. He didnt have enemies unlike others ive heard of. Lisa hasnt heard of the new gun law and says shes rarely ever seen Police Patrol here. All she can think about now is how to earn enough to survive. In a quiet moment she admits to being afraid. Shes scared the killer will come after her next scared because she has nowhere to go. Virtually everywhere we turn in toronto we find victims of gun violence and little evidence of Police Action to stop it. Nice to meet you when we meet lolita shes mourning the loss of her grandson he was shot and killed a few weeks earlier she says by neighborhood dogs. I told police many times that these boys with threatening to kill him but they just told me to call them when theyre there. When i did and by the time they got here it was too late leader says rebel you know aged 17 had been bullied for years by the game they stole from him attacked him and then finally one night they shot him. He survived a few days in hospital but the wounds were too serious. I miss him so much. He was my only helper but when i was sick he was the one who smoked fish. He helped others too i never caused a problem which is why those bullies picked on what others had. In this small cramped room lalita cares for 4 other grandchildren the gang knows she told police about them and she now worries for their lives. Being here my next oldest grandson is 14 years old and theyve said theyll get him next im very uneasy now i havent recovered and now they want my other grandson. I think this describes the Community Needs more right norman has been lobbying for years for a total ban on guns among civilians he says the high crime in the philippines makes it necessary for such extreme measures besides he argues many other countries have such bans since we are in a pricing is i think there is a need for such harsh measures to be put in place. Cabrera says the new gun law is a farce and imposes no limit on how many guns a person can own in peace obvious that this kind of policy is a policy that advances the interests of the politicians and gun traders and gun dealers and no one. I think. The briere appoints to the laws biggest supporter. The philippines president the new aquino is an average shooter and gun collector he owns 800. 00 firearms and is known to be against a total ban on guns. Hes been quoted as saying. Firing guns relieve the stress if you get it right all of the 000 believes if they leave you will over we go to an awards ceremony which the president is attending to speak to him about better gun controls. For 2 months weve been requesting an interview with him but ive received no reply. After learning what we want to ask aquino about i have a press pass yeah i know but he said if youre going to ask that his aides bar us from joining his press conference if youre not willing to speak about gun laws. Is it too sensitive a question for him. As other media crews with approved questions are allowed through the president s security detail blocks our way as our producer and cameraman try to get into the present moment. But are told us that she on her presentation young age e. G. Lady said that. By the time we make it to the lobby the media scrums over and hes left. President aquinos press staff knew the question we wanted to ask a were intent on stopping us from asking here it shows how sensitive this issue is and how sensitive this issue heres the president aquino. To investigate claims that some philippine authorities are actively supporting be illegal gun trade we head for the meltons of the now from the philippine island of subaru. It was here 600 years ago the spanish conquistadores 1st colonized the philippines and some argue started the gun culture. Centuries later and local gunsmiths still ply their trade. All beer secretly. We leave the band to go on foot. There have been a number of police raids here over the past few months and while there are literally dozens of conspiracies hills most people are wary about speaking with us going to their willing up this trail. To go and. Well call these 2 men june and edberg about their brothers for. A. Long time gun spirits they show us how they make their firearms starting from basic scrap pieces of metal. Their tools are simple and from the sawing to drilling we can see nothing is measure its all done by instinct. What they are exact about is where the proof. Stands in the eyes of the law its illegal. Illegal great say but thats not about to stop them. To stay never really if i am not going to work with this. They put together their latest handgun. And show me an array of others that are ready for market called for yeah you know that gun the gun brands are fake it says made in usa made and then theyre made into now. And they tell me if i had a legal gun they could make me a copy with the same serial numbers so i have 2 guns one legal one the legal. Know what are you know and no one and if you have written over why he. Tells us his guns sell for as little as 50 us dollars together with his brother they make about 50 a year with so many workshops in these hills that means thousands of new illegal guns enter the market from danao every year and you know adds even with the new gun law theres no shortage of buyers who are your customers. A lot of people wonder why this level for the. Police police where the police are military by your illegal guns. And the politicians yes can and can and again. They come to order in. The morning. Papa says police are working to crack down on the sale of illegal firearms he gives us one of the 1st glimpses for media of the vault where seized guns are stored these are all the regular firearms there are thousands confiscate theyre up to your sort and are. Abundant for feed the fire opus replace the old cop responsible for guarding it with a new officer admitting firearms have in the past mysteriously disappeared from the shelves he now plans to digitally catalog each and every one to be eventually destroyed you look at the issues of this country faces corruption. Police force a lack of trust in the police force a lot of loose firearms the problem seems overwhelming how convinced are you that this law will succeed. I can feel what you feel. But people in this country no one want to have a quick fix solution. You really have to apply coordinate force. Then you seen the effects. But not all have the luxury of time especially the victims of gun crime leaders spends her days begging politicians and police to protect her surviving grandchildren. But her appeals she says have been met with few offers of support. And so shes left alone to deal with the threats. Worrying all the time who will be the next to be killed in a place where guns still rule the day. Stray bullets since that film 1st add gun violence has raged on per. Didnt it levels in the philippines all in the name of the war on drugs since his election president roderigo details launched a crackdown on drug pushers and users has been accused of ordering or encouraging thousands of extrajudicial killings by police and Security Forces even suggested gun owning filipinos take the law into their own hands a move critics say is just giving official sanction to vigilantes recently steve char returned to manila for rewind to see whats changed in stray bullets was 1st broadcast and president to tell came to power. When we go to terra to a says he is trying to clean up streets by waging a war on crime and drugs how has that impacted gun violence weve had so many incidents now probably over 3000 people have been killed most of them killed by firearms and what were really seeing is really justice being dispensed from the bout of the book overnight the country has been transformed into a police state and every day you open the newspapers you look at the news and all you see are people being killed but the president says that these are necessary steps to bring safety to the country i dont agree with. Will in the end lead to more chaos and anarchy in my view because you see the philippines has a weak legal system so we have very low conviction rates. Police work with its being done this in many cases very shoddy our courts are congested this and lots of delay and thats why people are so fed up with. 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