Does the COMELEC Gun Ban prevent election related violence or create more victims?

Every election comelec issues the same gun ban resolution. And every election we have a blood bath of about 300-400 people killed in election related violence. The record was in 2001 during the Chiarimanship of Alfredo Benipayo wherein about 450 people were killed in election violence during the election period. The PNP and the comelec always say that the comelec gun ban prevents violence. But the statistics show otherwise. In the same period without the gun ban, far less people die and are victims of crime. However during the election gun ban, killings and crime skyrocket. Does the coemelc gun ban really prevent crime and election related violence? The answer is clearly NO. Meron bang mga warlord at politico na sumusunod sa election gun ban? Obviously not. Just look at the Ampatuans and all their guns, machine guns, and mortars. The Ampatuans are not the only political warlords in the country. There are dozens of other "political families" who ahve substantial gun arsenals in Negros, Cagayan, Nueva Ecija, Cavite, Abra, Coordillera, Ilocos, Basilan, Jolo, and Lanao. Mga kagalangalang na Comelec Commissioner, nadisarmahan nyo na ba yung mga political warlord na yan? O puro SUPOT kayo dyan at di ninyo masita-sita yung mga politico? A total gun ban makes sense, provided that it is indeed TOTAL and that everyone else is disarmed. However to implement a gun ban wherein only law abiding citizens and candidates obey, whereas others such as criminals and warlords do not, serves merely to render the general population defenseless and creates more victims and perpetuates more killings. How many more Maguindanao massacres do we have to allow happen to learn the plain and simple lesson that our government and police are so ignorant of: CRIMINALS AND WARLORDS DO NOT RESPECT THE GUN BAN AND WILL CONTINUE TO KILL MORE POOR INNOCENT VICTIMS. I say "poor" victims in its literal sense since it is really only the POOR and ORDINARY CITIZENS who suffer, whereas the rich, powerful and politically-connected politicians and warlords who perpetuate the violence and get away with it. In spite of all the election-related killings you can count on the fingers of one hand how many politicians and warlords were actually caught and prosecuted. The police are either powerless to prevent the violence or simply look the other way. Kaya kayong mga SUPOT na comelec at election field officers, subukan nyo nga pumunta dun sa mga "hotspots" sa basilan, Jolo, Nueva Ecija at Maguindanao na wala kayong dalang armas. Tignan natin kung uubra yung comelec gun ban ninyo!