Picture: Siam Rath

 

Royal Thai Police chief Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittipraphat was none too pleased when pictures circulated online of a Thai man's large armory of weapons.

 

This was creating fear among the public, reported Siam Rath.

 

The man behind the pictures was Aphisit, 42, who has a BB Gun range called "BB Gun Range - The Legendary Aircon man".

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

With last week's horrendous massacre and the resulting gun crackdown very much to the forefront, Damrongsak immediately mustered some of his finest Lt-Gens and Maj-Gens (Siam Rath listed many) to get to the bottom of it.

 

Three places were searched and Aphisit had 46 BB Guns, two .22 rifles and lots of ammo.

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

One of the rifles was not legally register leading to the suspect being taken away and charged with having an illegal weapon.

 

The BB guns are also being checked.

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Surat Thani governor Wichawut Jinto also took part in the searches in Muang district of the southern Thai city of Surat Thani.

 

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I shot my brother between the eyes with a BB gun +/-60 years ago. He said it really hurt.  But, luckily I didn't put out one of his eyes. The point is a BB gun is not typically 'deadly'.  (yes, I had a belt applied to my posterior with extreme accuracy.  I never aimed another gun of any type at a person).

 

Note: we were fighting. He's 2 yrs older and was well over a foot taller then me. I was scared, but I should not have shot him.

Edited October 14, 20223 yr by AgMech Cowboy

4 hours ago, webfact said:

One of the rifles was not legally register leading to the suspect being taken away and charged with having an illegal weapon.

And they never got suspicious of this guy registering like 20 odd legal rifles ?

8 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

And they never got suspicious of this guy registering like 20 odd legal rifles ?

I thought it said he had two rifles?

Apparently two .22 cal rifles (which may or may not be mere 'air-guns' no info given) and a wall full of toy guns.

43 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

And they never got suspicious of this guy registering like 20 odd legal rifles ?

According to the article he only had two guns, one registered, the other not. The others were toys.

He doesn't look that bad. Not enough tattoos.

"Legendary Aircon man"   in his own child-like mind maybe.

Edited October 14, 20223 yr by hotchilli

Another triumph for RTP scouring homes in the burning heat of Facebook.

A post containing a video that was unavailable has been removed.

13 hours ago, kidneyw said:

He doesn't look that bad. Not enough tattoos.

Tattoos make you a,  dab hand at play acting. I'm a Tiger, I'm a Tiger. 

TIT.

 

Edited October 15, 20223 yr by Orinoco

23 hours ago, webfact said:

Three places were searched and Aphisit had 46 BB Guns, two .22 rifles and lots of ammo

Lots of ball bearings?

Lightweight - I had 42 when I moved here - and none were BB or pellet !!! 555