Young man borrows younger friend's gun and shoots him in the face - gun goes off by accident

[webfact]

Daily News Thai Caption: Negligence

 

Kelangnakorn police in the northern Thai province of Lampang were called after a 17 year old boy was shot in the cheek by a friend yesterday.

 

It happened at a sala at the Ban Kat Tai school.

 

Dead at the scene was Mongkhon from Pong Saen Thong sub-district. He had been shot by a 380 bullet.

 

An adapted BB gun with a magazine and two bullets was recovered at the scene, reported Daily News.

 

Natthawut, 20, from Kat Tai, said he was with five friends including the victim.

 

He had been shown a gun by Mongkhon and asked if it was loaded. He was told it was.

 

In examining the weapon it went off by accident and hit his friend in the face.

 

Five 17-20 year olds had their hands checked for gunshot residue and were helping Pol Capt Sirirat Jaisaenwong with his inquiries.

 

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[ikke1959]

younsters and guns.. where doe it come from and why loaded??? 

[2baht]

41 minutes ago, ikke1959 said:

younsters and guns.. where does it come from and why loaded??? 

Never know when you need to shoot someone!

[BobBKK]

Huh?  "is it loaded"  "yes"  "oh I'll pull the trigger then"?  madness

[Tropposurfer]

Poor kid, RIP ???? young fella. Buy-back amnesty, amongst other gun-removal laws and enforcement needed ASAP. 

[Purdey]

Too many people have guns. Why did the owner of the gun need it? 

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

He had been shown a gun by Mongkhon and asked if it was loaded. He was told it was.

 

In examining the weapon it went off by accident and hit his friend in the face

Idiots

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, BobBKK said:

Huh?  "is it loaded"  "yes"  "oh I'll pull the trigger then"?  madness

Should have been looking down the business end himself at the time.

[Cake Monster]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

It happened at a sala at the Ban Kat Tai school.

I thought that Schools had 24/7/365 Security of some kind in Thailand

[Foghorn]

2 hours ago, Purdey said:

Too many people have guns. Why did the owner of the gun need it? 

To show how hard he is

[Seeall]

47 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

I thought that Schools had 24/7/365 Security of some kind in Thailand

Well as long as theydidn't buy Alcohol between two and five

[Seeall]

The natural law of extintion of idiots...  would you expect different results if one was to ride his bike into a tree full speed with no helmet which seems to be common also off to a better place

Edited February 20, 2023 by Seeall
spelling mistake corrected for the anal retentive

[spidermike007]

Both the victim and the spectacularly stupid kid who shot the gun were very light on survival instincts. Dumb and dumber. Not much to say, really. 

[Dante99]

Come on guys, lighten up Alec Baldwin is in the air now flying here to sort this out for all.