Filipino security guards being strapped with various guns

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BigGuy204@reddit

I really thought it was but I’m pretty sure it’s a ruger lc carbine. Or maybe a HERA 1911 upper.

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MountainTitan@reddit

This is some cartel/gangbanger kinda shit lol

Jeez, they at least some iron sight

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GarandElemental@reddit

We once passed a laundromat a long time ago that has a guard with an AR style shotgun, nothing fishy

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Tao_Laoshi@reddit

We just going to ignore the guy in pic 6 with his hand over the muzzle?

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Petrus_Rock@reddit

His finger is also resting against the trigger. I don’t understand how this man still has 10 fingers.

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I’ve seen a picture of a bank guard in China with a ratted-out shotgun playing on his phone while flagging his partner’s skull with the muzzle, and it makes me wonder sometimes if the firearms given to these guys aren’t inoperable show pieces.

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alienista3@reddit

Thats private security? Lots of firepower for a mall cop.

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TimberAndStrings@reddit

I never understood why pinoy security guards pack this much heat. A few months ago I saw a photo of a mall security who had a fucking USAS on him. What the fuck happens over there that he needs a USAS?

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Raymart999@reddit

ISIS, NPA (New People's Army), MILF (Moro Islamic Liberation Front),and the occasional drug addicts/criminals.

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asiannumber4@reddit

MILFs?

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BackyardAviator009@reddit

Moro Islamic Liberation Front, theyre practically a Separtist Group operating further down south of the Country & no theyre not the "MILF's" you we're expecting them to be

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StriderTX@reddit

imagine getting beheaded with detcord after a horrific misunderstanding

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m4eaty@reddit

They were not disciplined by the M1911 enough

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RuTsui@reddit

The Philippines has been involved in continuous civil wars and insurgencies for a long time now. For a while, soldiers leaving Camp De La Cruz were immediately in a “war zone” as the Cagayan valley was a red area. Saw an armed patrol walking down the street through one of the barangays. Makes you appreciate looking in a stable country.

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red4162@reddit

jewelry heist came those don't play around some are fronted by xcops xarmy dudes with mil. grade weapons,

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StevenMcStevensen@reddit

Violent crime is really bad there, lots of heavily armed criminal gangs, tons of robbery. Also terrorism from the south.

Recently one of my girlfriend’s old school classmates went to drop off a bank deposit for their work, in a wealthier and safer part of Manila. Some dirtbag robbers not only took the money but executed them after, for basically no reason.

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Take-Me-Home-Tonight@reddit

https://www.dni.gov/nctc/groups/abu_sayyaf.html

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JetAbyss@reddit

How come no body armor/plate carriers? I mean even Kevlar would be better than nothing

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FudgeControl@reddit

They're probably average mall guards. From what I've seen, only guardsbat banks have body armor.

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red4162@reddit

security guards are poor cant afford plates no security agency will spend money on a guard, life is cheap in the ph

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I_2_Cast_Lead_45acp@reddit

When your can barely afford to pay for food, rent and medical, body armor is probably low on the list

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BackyardAviator009@reddit

I still remember some Security guards from wayback in my place that are practically armed with a 25rd MAC-10 (Catholic Seminary/Orphanage) a Type 56 AKM (Sec. Guard from a Duty Free Store in Clark Freeport Zone) & the rarest of all, a QBZ-95 used by an Armored Car company for their sentries

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ImNotLHO@reddit

Then I’m out here with a S&W M&P .40…

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Locked_and_Firing@reddit

What the hell is going on over there?

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OBEYTHEHOBO@reddit

Most guards here use a shotgun like silver colored and a rusty revolver. Though I did see some with an ACR or any ar15 platform never seen one with an ak yet.

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kaloozi@reddit

I’ve seen rusty shotguns mixed into the arsenal as well

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OBEYTHEHOBO@reddit

Yeah but the rusty shotguns are rarer for me but probably because I usually pass the banks and most guards there take care of their shotguns

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pokemonguy0417@reddit

Saw some gard personality with X95s and pump action shotguns

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idkarn@reddit

OT but slide three guy has a hatful of hollow?

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MlackBesa@reddit

Lmao this looks like a video game bug where textures are transparent

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idkarn@reddit

IKR?! It's like the inside of his hat was the same hue as the greenscreen the background is projected on, or something.

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Revolutionary-Wash88@reddit

It's mesh like a trucker hat

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idkarn@reddit

Yes, u/Futanaru_Garchomp already enlightened me

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Futanari_Garchomp@reddit

The photo quality is ass so you can't really see it, but the top is mesh, it's pretty standard for guards in the country

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idkarn@reddit

Thanks, that explains it!

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VermelhoRojo@reddit

Having a “security agency” in Ph opens the door to legally procuring all kinds of full auto goodies over there, IIRC. Have a buddy who legitimately had a private army, with a little tank, BARs, M203s, etc.

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SaccAss@reddit

I think they banned agencies having anything more than shotguns and pistols recently but i could be wrong

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Viktor_Bout@reddit

Everything is legal if you sign your name on enough paperwork.

Some countries just have less of it.

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InitialAd4125@reddit

Yep some also require money as well but that's just tiny slips of paper.

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WeTheSummerKid@reddit

M203s? Holy —

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VermelhoRojo@reddit

I’ll dig out a the pics

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P-Potatovich@reddit

Is that a cap with a hole on 3d pic

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lanalatac@reddit

the top of the cap is a really thin fabric

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P-Potatovich@reddit

Oooh DAMN I want one but with an actual hole

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Gregory_malenkov@reddit

I flew into Dauin on Negros Oriental a few years back and the police officer guarding the doors had a sawed off shotgun with a duct taped grip lmao

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Snicshavo@reddit

Truly a Filipinos moment

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Gregory_malenkov@reddit

A certified Filipino Classic

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xvr0317@reddit

Bro had the “10% faster aim down sight speed” attachment from Call of Duty lmao

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gibson_creations@reddit

Meanwhile working security in America I can't even carry pepper spray

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AquilaEye@reddit

And guards in far-flung provinces have to deal with insurgents too

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Individual-Grade3419@reddit

5th photo. this is my boom stick! 😂

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bren97122@reddit

I visited my mom’s side of the family in the Philippines most recently around 2014, and we visited this one touristy sort of mall in Manila. The security guards there were absolutely loaded for bear. The one guy who stuck out to me most distinctly was carrying a 7.62x39mm AK of some sort. We didn’t get as close to them as I would’ve liked, and my gun autism was not nearly as well developed back in the day, so I just told everyone it was a “Chinese Type 56”. I do remember it having an AK-74 style muzzle brake, which I’m not sure is a feature of any Chinese-produced model. Maybe it was an AK-103 but I’m doubtful of that since Russian weapons are fairly uncommon in the Philippines.

Perhaps it was a Chinese Type 56 an enterprising Piony gunsmith tacked an AK-74 muzzle brake onto? Either way… drip.

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