The Ministry of Interior is considering tighter gun controls, by requiring every gun license applicant to have a doctor’s certificate indicating that they are mentally fit and a certificate from their employer, village headman or superior about their character, in addition to the existing pre-qualifications, said Interior Minister Anupong Paochinda today (Monday).  

 

His remark was in response to a question raised by Senator Amphon Jindawatthana during a Senate meeting today, regarding gun-related crime.

 

The minister said that, currently, an applicant must meet certain requirements in order to be granted a license to buy a gun, such as not being sentenced to imprisonment, not being an incompetent person or a person who has committed gross misconduct.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thailands-interior-ministry-considers-tighter-gun-controls/

 

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13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The Ministry of Interior is considering tighter gun controls

Says the people with all the guns

So for driving licence (including for motorcycle) there is health certificate needed, that also includes neurological test, but for owning a gun applicants just need competency certificate. 
Would this new requirement screen also 6mln gun licence owners? 
Also if driving licence is only for up to 5 years, would it not be prudent to limit gun licence to certain time?

 

as to stopping proliferation of guns, police should stop selling brand new guns (so not from their surplus) to officers. Those guns are untaxed and well below market price. After 3 years officer is allowed to sell to public, and make a large profit margin. That procedure is done on a large scale, probably in hundreds of thousands every year. 

There should also be a system for renewal of certificates with requalification of all the conditions including insistence on gun cabinets, coupled with a way to seize guns from those who break the conditions or become mentally unsuitable. The British have such a system which may have prevented the massacre in Northern Thailand, as he was more likely to be overpowered before he knifed the children.

The key word in the article title is 'considers'.  Nothing meaningful will happen.

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The Ministry of Interior is considering tighter gun controls, by requiring every gun license applicant to have a doctor’s certificate indicating that they are mentally fit and a certificate from their employer, village headman or superior about their character, in addition to the existing pre-qualifications, said Interior Minister Anupong Paochinda today (Monday).

After reading the above I believe the only course of action would be to recall all guns including from the police & start from square one. .............LOL

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The Ministry of Interior is considering tighter gun controls, by requiring every gun license applicant to have a doctor’s certificate indicating that they are mentally fit and a certificate from their employer, village headman or superior about their character, in addition to the existing pre-qualifications, said Interior Minister Anupong Paochinda today (Monday).

Most countries that's a minimum.. Thailands starting to consider it...

There's your problem.