PUBLISHED: 4:00 on October 5, 2023.
According to a Switzerland-based Small Arms Survey ( SAS ) report from 2017, Thais own about 10.3 million guns, placing Thailand in 13th place globally for small gun possession.
With an average of 15 weapon per 100 persons, it was estimated that Thais had the most weapons in Southeast Asia.
Just about 6.2 million of the 10.3 million artillery the SAS counted in 2017 were formally registered.
With about 393.3 million guns, the United States was at the top of the list for gun possession, followed by India( with about 71.1 million ) and China( 49.7 million ).
According to the World Population Review from 2022, Thailand had a price of 3.91 people per 100,000 people, making it the 15th-highest country in the world for gun deaths, with 2, 804 fatalities from firearms.
With 9, 267 fatalities, the Philippines was the best nation in the Southeast region with the highest number of people killed by weapons.
Brazil, which had more than 49,000 fatalities, was at the top of the world chart, followed by the United States ( 37, 000 ), Mexico ( 22, 118 ), India ( 14, 72 ), and Colombia( 13, 171 ).
Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has ordered the Royal Thai Police to strictly enforce rules regarding online tool sales in light of the shooting that occurred on Tuesday at the Siam Paragon shopping plaza.
Pol Gen Torsak Sukvimol, the head of the national police, said yesterday in response that police have conducted operations to reduce firearm crimes.
Authorities have prosecuted criminals in more than 2, 000 cases over the past two years and have seized over 900 firearms.
According to Pol Gen. Torsak,” Suppression was really carried out while I was in charge of the offense suppression division.”
Nevertheless, he claimed that many individuals use blank-firing replicas that can be altered to fire bullets and don’t require a license, according to statistics from the Office of the Basic Education Commission.