Thailand suspends new gun permits after mass shooting

Authorities promise tough new laws in the country, which has high levels of firearms ownership.

Thailand Halts Gun Program, Tightens Laws After School Shooting

Thailand suspended a controversial program that allowed police and local officials to buy discounted firearms and tightened gun controls after a student killed eight people in the country’s deadliest school attack in recent years.

By Patpicha Tanakasempipat

Thailand suspends gun licences as teen shooter and grandparents he killed are cremated

Prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul calls for tighter gun controls and ‘decisive penalties’ after nine dead in school shooting Thailand has suspended firearms licences after last week’s deadly school shooting, as the bodies of the teenage attacker and the grandparents he killed were cremated. The prime minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, said he had ordered the interior ministry and police to stop issuing licenses to possess, purchase and carry firearms, and called for “tighter controls and decis...

By Agence France-Presse

Thailand’s rising body count reveals a nation unable to curb gun crime

The cremations of the victims of the Debsirin school shooting in the Thai province of Nonthaburi had barely begun when another body was added to the country’s rising toll from gun violence. On Monday morning, a former MP for Nonthaburi fired four rounds at a local official inside a car – then calmly strode away, the pistol tucked back into his belt. Police Colonel Thongchai Yenprasert was shot over an alleged money dispute by 71-year-old Chalong Riewrang, a three-time lawmaker with deep...

By Aidan Jones

Thai PM suspends gun licences after school shooting

Thailand's prime minister said he had suspended firearms licences after last week's deadly school shooting, as the bodies of the teenage assailant and the grandparents he killed were cremated.

Thai PM suspends gun licences as teen shooter, grandparents cremated

Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul also called for tighter controls and "decisive penalties” for firearms offences.

Thai PM suspends firearm purchase licences after school shooting

Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul suspended the issuance of permits to buy firearms on Tuesday and said existing licences would be reviewed, days after a 14-year-old gunman killed nine people. Anutin directed a deputy prime minister overseeing legal affairs to expedite a new gun control law, with stronger controls and significantly harsher penalties. Police were […]

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Thai PM suspends firearm purchase licences after school shooting

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul ​on Tuesday suspended the issuance of permits ​to buy firearms and ‌said existing licences would be reviewed, days after a 14-year-old gunman killed nine people.

Thailand suspends new gun permits after mass shooting

Thailand's government will immediately stop issuing gun permits after a shooting incident last week in which a 14-year-old killed eight people and himself.

By Abubakar Ibrahim