Thailand considers ban on carrying guns in public places
Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on November 13 he is pondering prohibiting civilians from carrying a gun in public places, and has consulted the Department of Provincial Administration (DPA) about amending the law to this effect.
Mourners lay wreaths and flowers in front of the bank on Sunthorn Kosa road in Klong Toey district where a teacher at Sacred Heart Convent School was killed by a stray bullet on November 11 during a clash between rival student gangs. (Photo: Bangkokpost)
Bangkok (VNA) – Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Interior MinisterAnutin Charnvirakul said on November 13 he is pondering prohibiting civilians from carrying a gun inpublic places, and has consulted the Department of Provincial Administration (DPA)about amending the law to this effect.
During a visit to the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research andInnovation, he said the move aims to impose stricter control and prohibit people other than authorised officials from carrying a gun inpublic places.
His comment followed recent fatal shootings in the capital city of Bangkok.
Early on November 13, shots werefired when two rival student gangs clashed in front of Sacred Heart ConventSchool in Bangkok's Klong Toey area. A teacher at a nearby bank ATM was killedby a stray bullet.
Meanwhile, two days later,at about 2am, there was another shooting involving rival youth gangs near themouth of Soi Pattanakarn 53 on the frontage road of the Bangkok-Chon Buri motorwayin Suan Luang district. A 15-year-old Mathayom student was hit and killed.
Currently, people who legally own a gun can carry it in public places for self defenceif they get the necessary permit.
The issuing of permits for importing and trading in firearms, real and replica,was suspended following the October 3 shooting at a Bangkok shopping mall, wherea 14-year-old boy using a modified gun intended to fire blank ammunitionfatally shot three people and wounded five others./.
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Mourners lay wreaths and flowers in front of the bank on Sunthorn Kosa road in Klong Toey district where a teacher at Sacred Heart Convent School was killed by a stray bullet on November 11 during a clash between rival student gangs. (Photo: Bangkokpost) 
