A Comelec sign stands at a mobile checkpoint in Pagadian City where policemen implement the total gun ban for the duration of the election period from Jan. 10 to June 9, 2010. The poll body has ordered the recall of permits of all gunholders, including law enforcement agencies and private security groups accredited by the PNP as bodyguards for politicians. The Comelec says the gun ban will minimize election-related violence during the campaign period leading to the May 10, 2010 elections. (PHOTO BY JONG CADION)
