School Shootings in Thailand: Gun Control Strict
Agency. Thailand has been tightening gun control since last week’s school shooting. Nine people, including a 14-year-old gunman, were killed.
Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Tuesday ordered a nationwide crackdown on arms.
He ordered the temporary suspension of gun purchase licenses and the crackdown on illegally stored and black-marketed weapons through both emergency and long-term measures.
On August 7, a 14-year-old student opened fire at a secondary school on the outskirts of Bangkok, turning the school into a scene of violence.
At least nine people were killed and more than 20 injured.
A 12-year-old girl was also injured in the shooting.
A bullet was lodged in his leg. “My daughter said, ‘Please treat my teacher first,'” said the girl’s mother, Yenchit Phongfitak. His condition is more serious than mine. “
Doctors had to perform repeated X-rays to find that the bullet had gone deep inside his leg.
Students, teachers, and others fighting for their lives — no one is prepared for this kind of violence.
Her mother said, “She sent a message on our family chat. The message that shocked us was, “I don’t want to die.” Innocent people lost their lives. How many more tragedies should have happened before we could find a solution?”
A few days after the incident, another shooting took place a few kilometers away. A gunman killed a government official in a local government office.
Guns are easy to find in Thailand. Thailand is one of the countries with the highest rate of gun ownership in Southeast Asia.
It is estimated that there are more than 1
0 million guns in circulation in the country, which means that about one in seven people owns a gun. But about 40 percent of them are believed to be illegal. It is done. CCTVplus)
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