## ILLEGAL HAND MADE GUNS MUST SEE ##

This family handcrafts replica firearms deep in the Philippine jungle as their source of income.
These guns are called ghost guns because there is no serial number and they are untraceable.

Cebu is known to Filipinos for its illegal gun-manufacturing centred in the city of Danao.
Recently, the government has approved licences for two gun manufacturing companies in Danao.

But some remain in operation even without a permit, and this is likely to continue.
The city of Danao, in the Philippine central island of Cebu, has always been notorious as the centre of illegal gun manufacturing.

Here, thousands of residents have been involved for decades in what is virtually considered a cottage industry, making home-made guns, popularly known as "paltik".
By establishing Damcor, Garcia has legalised gun manufacturing in Danao.

Damcor specialises on the 38-revolver, and is also producing machine pistols and shotguns mainly to supply the country's security agencies.
Garcia has invested more than 40 (m) million pesos in Damcor, some of which were spent on machines with state of the art technology to produce some of the gun parts.