National –The Thai Cabinet on Tuesday, October 18th, has approved preventive measures for firearms and drugs problems to effectively and seriously solve the social issues, government spokesperson Anucha Burachaisri revealed.

 

According to his statement, the firearms measures include: (1) Permission documents to possess and use firearms, such as additional documents of medical certificates, certificate from agencies/employers;

 

(2) Permission to allow owners of unauthorized firearms to give up or register the weapons with the authorities;

 

(3) Proactive prevention and suppression of firearms, such as unauthorized arms trafficking; and

 

(4) Digital measures to search for illegal firearm trading on digital platforms.

 

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Perhaps with all good intentions, but in a country with corruption as rife as it is, and with virtually non-existent law enforcement I don’t hold out much hope. 

Edited October 18, 20223 yr by Wiggy

They go and give one million Marijuana plant to every dick tom and harry and NW the want to solve 'drug problems'.. those cabinet resolutions are like treading  water, good for nothing and only for show that Here, we have done our job, now it's all to other government's agencies to carry out our resolutions...

well thats all done. the thai cabinet solved firearm , drug and social  problems in a meeting  , couldnt make the #$%% up, this cabinet below would be more useful, all these politcians clinging on or desering their own party/

15 minutes ago, ezzra said:

They go and give one million Marijuana plant to every dick tom and harry and NW the want to solve 'drug problems'.. those cabinet resolutions are like treading  water, good for nothing and only for show that Here, we have done our job, now it's all to other government's agencies to carry out our resolutions...

How do you conflate marijuana usage with "...drug problems..."?

So similar to getting a driving license and not bothering then and that's very effective isn't it but at least their talking about it so still a glimmer of hope ????  

2 hours ago, ezzra said:

to every dick tom and harry

Is that a lesbian thing?

(2) Permission to allow owners of unauthorized firearms to give up or register the weapons with the authorities;

 

So under this clause could I theoretically get my wife to go and buy a second hand Glock from an unauthorised gun seller (mafia) get it registered in her name in save a large pile of cash rather than buy one legally...... 

2 hours ago, Martin71 said:

(2) Permission to allow owners of unauthorized firearms to give up or register the weapons with the authorities;

 

So under this clause could I theoretically get my wife to go and buy a second hand Glock from an unauthorised gun seller (mafia) get it registered in her name in save a large pile of cash rather than buy one legally...... 

No, but you could turn it in no questions asked, and register the legal one you would then have to buy. Previously legal unregistered guns if found will be deemed illegal, unauthorized will likely not be ahem, registerable.  Super illegal. Skip park place and go directly to jail. Offenders will be made stern examples of. 

 

Wow!  "Effectively and seriously solve firearms problems"......sounds extremely impressive. These guys mean business.... this time, or maybe it's going to be next time...or next year, or next decade.  All fancy talk to bamboozle the lesser educated masses. Big talk, and always little action, and even less results.

Not my job, not my problem.

I have a small cupboard, smaller than the Govt cabinet.

It serves me well.

Cut to the chase and tackle corruption, the root cause of Thailand's problems! ???? Haha, just joking, carry on as normal! ???? ????

I imagine those living in Hicksville, Thailand , could not give a hoot

They cannot even enforce the traffic laws with people wearing helmets or 15 year olds driving scooters TIT

Better than "Thoughts and prayers".

'effectively solve'.   Yeah, right.  And, now on to cancer . . .

4 hours ago, TheFishman1 said:

They cannot even enforce the traffic laws with people wearing helmets or 15 year olds driving scooters TIT

but they did fix the problem of seatbelts in baht buses and pickup trucks....

Can this Thai Cabinet fix the problem of military coups happening too?  Those big guns and tanks in the street are a bigger problem here in Thailand.

Why didn’t they add road safety to the agenda to solve in one meeting….

It could be a miracle if Thailand could accomplish what few other nations have been able to. But, with all the genius minds in this cabinet, perhaps it is possible. Especially when you consider the talents of the health minister, the chief justice, the power of the courts, and the upstanding nature of the cops. 

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But no change to the Interior Ministry....they are the ones that can purchase thousands of weapons at will.......