Out of ten ASEAN member countries, Thailand has the highest number of guns in the possession of private individuals, with 10,342,000 guns being recorded in 2017, according to the Small Arms Survey (SAS).

 

The SAS is an independent research project, located at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. It provides information on all aspects of small arms and armed violence, as a resource for governments, policy-makers, researchers and activists, as well carrying out research on small arms issues.

 

Worldwide, in 2017, there were more than 800 million privately-owned guns. The United States has the most, with 393,347,000 guns in private possession.

 

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More than the Philippines ???

 

I suspect this information is somewhat distorted and deliberately designed to trigger debate given the recent tragic events... 

Would it not be better to compare the number of guns per capita instead of the total number of guns per country?

 

8 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

More than the Philippines ???

 

I suspect this information is somewhat distorted and deliberately designed to trigger debate given the recent tragic events... 

No its been like this for 20 years. Easy to get guns. Ive seen 6 shooters.

 

You need to talk to Thais more.

8 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

10,342,000 guns being recorded in 2017,

<deleted> - 1 in 7 Thais have a gun? 1 gun for every 7 Thais? Naturally some will have more than 1 gun. I would not take a chance. Never <deleted> off a Thai. You won't be the winner. Relax and enjoy life.

 

Good.  More guns in the hands of people creates a polite society.

 

No need for euros or aus people to take part in this discussion.

But Vaping -less harmful than smoking tobacco by far-  is illegal! 

 

Thailand. 

 

Hub of upside-down priorities. 

24 minutes ago, TooMuchTime said:

Good.  More guns in the hands of people creates a polite society.

 

No need for euros or aus people to take part in this discussion.

Excuse me while I politely kill this class full of kids. Awfully sorry about the noise, will try to keep the screaming relatively brief, thank you for your polite understanding, have a nice day and keep your gunpowder dry. ????????

Typical Thai media hysteria inflating the numbers as after living in Philippines for years and seeing every one and their mother owning a firearm there with daily ongoing murders using firearms there is no way Thailand has highest number of guns in the possession of private individuals in Asia.

2 hours ago, TooMuchTime said:

Good.  More guns in the hands of people creates a polite society.

 

No need for euros or aus people to take part in this discussion.

I'm a Brit and I agree

Impossible, I told all my friends Thailand was full of Buddhists.  Before I left, I told them they have a gun problem.   When I was driving away, I yelled at them for their senseless violence.  I said their police department is full of idiots.

 

Well, at least I have my 20 baht noodle soup.  

 

 

One nutter kills the same number of people as say a daily dose of road deaths and they are all up in arms about guns, forgetting the mass murder on the roads each day. 

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Out of ten ASEAN member countries, Thailand has the highest number of guns in the possession of private individuals, with 10,342,000 guns being recorded in 2017, according to the Small Arms Survey (SAS).

 

How many of these are enhancement of their inadequate and fragile manhood!

5 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

One nutter kills the same number of people as say a daily dose of road deaths and they are all up in arms about guns, forgetting the mass murder on the roads each day. 

Ignorance is bliss!

12 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

More than the Philippines ???

 

I suspect this information is somewhat distorted and deliberately designed to trigger debate given the recent tragic events... 

This figure comes from the SAS, which the article says is an independent research project, located at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. Why would an institute in Switzerland distort gun ownership figures in Thailand? I look forward to your 'conspiracy theory' explanation.

2 hours ago, nightfox said:

Typical Thai media hysteria inflating the numbers as after living in Philippines for years and seeing every one and their mother owning a firearm there with daily ongoing murders using firearms there is no way Thailand has highest number of guns in the possession of private individuals in Asia.

The media didn't produce or inflate the figures. The SAS, which as the article says is an independent research project, located at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland, produced them. The media is only the messenger. Are you saying that an independent research centre in Switzerland inflated the figures? If so, why would they do that, do you think? I look forward to your response.

2 hours ago, chalawaan said:

Excuse me while I politely kill this class full of kids. Awfully sorry about the noise, will try to keep the screaming relatively brief, thank you for your polite understanding, have a nice day and keep your gunpowder dry. ????????

classic thainess

4 hours ago, soi3eddie said:

<deleted> - 1 in 7 Thais have a gun? 1 gun for every 7 Thais? Naturally some will have more than 1 gun. I would not take a chance. Never <deleted> off a Thai. You won't be the winner. Relax and enjoy life.

 

its even worse as you can scrap about 15 million kids. I pressume they dont have guns.

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

10,342,000 guns being recorded in 2017,

If they want to reduce the number of guns , they should set up a ' buy back ' program , just as the US did , may be some prefer the money to the gun ...?

At least , do not sell ammunition anymore .

1 hour ago, Bim Smith said:

I'm a Brit and I agree

Brits agree??....drink more beer!

13 minutes ago, nobodysfriend said:

If they want to reduce the number of guns , they should set up a ' buy back ' program , just as the US did , may be some prefer the money to the gun ...?

At least , do not sell ammunition anymore .

So they record reception of a gun on a list then the gun is thrown in a pile to be destroyed, and money is handed over. Kaching! The rorters will never have to work (rort) again. 

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Thailand has the highest number of guns in the possession of private individuals,

THAT THEY KNOW OFF, should be the key phrase in this article...

An off topic post attempting to bring the US into the discussion and the replies have been removed.

I had always thought it was Cambodia.

When I was working for an NGO there, the estimate was one-in-three adults had a firearm.

But then again, their population is much smaller than Thailand, so I guess total # is much smaller. 

-But I still believe that % of gunowners is higher there.  Although "legally owned" probably numbers at 100<.

14 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

More than the Philippines ???

 

I suspect this information is somewhat distorted and deliberately designed to trigger debate given the recent tragic events... 

That is the first thing that came to my mind. There is no way that Thailand has more than the Philippines - at least per capita.

I get told to open my luggage because of a suspicious teddy bear, but boxes full of guns pass though with no problems.  Great job security staff.

6 hours ago, soi3eddie said:

<deleted> - 1 in 7 Thais have a gun? 1 gun for every 7 Thais? Naturally some will have more than 1 gun. I would not take a chance. Never <deleted> off a Thai. You won't be the winner. Relax and enjoy life.

 

Lots more than that no record

1 hour ago, ezzra said:

THAT THEY KNOW OFF, should be the key phrase in this article...

More than 30m i would guess.

And they are just the registered guns !

 

1 hour ago, Bangkok Barry said:

This figure comes from the SAS, which the article says is an independent research project, located at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. Why would an institute in Switzerland distort gun ownership figures in Thailand? I look forward to your 'conspiracy theory' explanation.

How would any research project,  establish the number of guns , was it a telephone survey? or online survey ? or were they over here knocking in doors and asking people?  Or maybe yet another "fine"  example of "mathematical modelling " " the graduate institute of international and development studies in geneva"  ???   sounds very impressive but how could they possibly know

Why was the  "survey" not conducted in partnership with the authorities here,  that way as the guns were found they could have been confiscated . Usual academic rubbish producing  worthless figures in my opinion