Editing Arms trafficking (section)

===Philippines===
{{Further information|Illegal firearm trade in the Philippines|Paltik}}

Aside from internal theft and cross-border smuggling, criminals and insurgents in the Philippines source weapons from unlicensed workshops making firearms ranging from imitations of the [[1911 pistol]] to single-shot [[.50 BMG]] long guns.<ref> [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/07/world/asia/philippines-illegal-guns.html A Family Craft With a Deadly Toll: Illegal Gun Making] Jason Gutierrez. [[The New York Times]]. April 7, 2019.</ref><ref> [https://www.philstar.com/news-commentary/2017/07/09/1717943/shooting-holes-myth-homemade-barrett-sniper-rifle Shooting holes in the myth of the homemade 'Barrett' sniper rifle] John Unson. [[The Philippine Star]]. July 9, 2017.</ref>