A UN envoy has accused the army in the Philippines of being "in a state of almost total denial" about a wave of political killings.
Many of these killings have been "convincingly attributed to them", said special rapporteur Philip Alston.
One human rights group says since President Gloria Arroyo took power in 2001, 830 activists have been killed.
Mr Alston urged President Arroyo to confront what he called a culture of virtual impunity in the legal system.
World renouned outdoor writer, avid hunter, and 2nd Amendment defender extraordinaire Jim Zumbo offered that "I hope and pray those Philippino army men don't go and use one a' them assault rifles that shouldn't never be used for killin' activists..."
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