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Time for gun limits
Oped, Editorial, Published on 20/02/2024
» Earlier this month, the Interior Ministry submitted a draft of an amnesty decree to the cabinet that would see individuals in possession of illegal firearms cleared of all charges if they turn in their weapons to authorities within 120 days of the decree taking effect.
Welfare guns need axing
Oped, Editorial, Published on 18/11/2023
» The Interior Ministry's new gun control policy may induce a sense of relief among the public -- and at least the government is doing something to rein in the increasingly ominous spate of gun violence.
Time to pull the trigger
Oped, Editorial, Published on 15/09/2023
» The killing of a senior highway police officer at the house of an influential kamnan in Nakhon Pathom last week raises alarm bells about the state welfare gun scheme.
A policy for gun safety?
Oped, Editorial, Published on 13/05/2023
» Gun violence has become a plague around the world. Over a week ago, two mass shootings took place within a single week in Serbia, a nation tied to the third-highest rate of gun ownership in the world. While the tragic deaths shocked the world and broke many hearts, the reaction of the Serbian government was exemplary.
A poisonous can of worms
Oped, Editorial, Published on 04/05/2023
» The cyanide poisoning drama involving a pregnant suspect in Kanchanaburi is a shock, not only because of the high number of victims but also the legal loopholes that enabled the suspect to obtain and allegedly misuse a highly hazardous substance.
Govt must get a grip on guns
Oped, Editorial, Published on 25/03/2023
» The two latest fatal armed stand-offs that occurred within a week of each other remind society once more that gun violence has become the new normal in Thailand. Equally worrying is how the government is choosing to deal with this problem.
Gun loopholes need plugging
Oped, Editorial, Published on 18/10/2022
» The government appears to be serious about controlling gun ownership and cracking down on illicit drug trafficking in the aftermath of the recent massacre at a childcare centre in Nong Bua Lam Phu province, where a total of 36 people, mostly pre-school children, were killed by a former police officer. The measures prescribed last week following a cabinet meeting attended by related ministries, however, regrettably left one crucial element off the table -- the major source of the guns on sale on the market.
Gung-ho for gun control
Oped, Editorial, Published on 13/10/2022
» The recent massacre at a daycare centre in Nong Bua Lam Phu province that resulted in 36 people being killed by a former policeman before he took his own life, has again shone a spotlight on gun violence in society.
Another tragedy in the making?
News, Editorial, Published on 09/10/2022
» On Thursday afternoon in a small province in northeast Thailand, an ex-policeman killed 24 pre-schoolers and 13 adults.
Threat to justice
News, Editorial, Published on 09/04/2018
» The Office of Public Prosecution or a higher authority must correct or justify the error it made last week. The Region 7 office has startled and disappointed the public over the killing of the black leopard and other protected species at Thungyai-Naresuan sanctuary in February.