Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has signed a draft Executive Decree, exempting owners of illegal firearms, who surrender them to the authorities within a specific timeframe, from legal action.

 

The draft needs to be approved by the cabinet before it becomes enforceable.

 

Traisuree Traisoranakul, spokesperson for the Interior Ministry, said that 83% of criminal offences involving firearms, committed between 2016 and 2023, involved illegal weapons.

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2024-02-26

 

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This type of amnesty was successful in Australia. It won't be here.

It's too easy to buy illegal guns in Thailand and with advent of 3D printers, it's getting easier and easier to make one.

I agree with dinsdale, I don't think it'll get any traction here....

11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has signed a draft Executive Decree, exempting owners of illegal firearms, who surrender them to the authorities within a specific timeframe, from legal action.

Which will not in any way stop gun crime.

9 hours ago, dinsdale said:

This type of amnesty was successful in Australia. It won't be here.

In the UK many years ago they had a "Handgun ban"  no ownership what so ever...

Achieved nothing, gun crime remained exactly the same.

The only thing that happened was many hand gun owners stopped sport shooting and many gun clubs went out of business.

 

9 hours ago, dinsdale said:

This type of amnesty was successful in Australia. It won't be here.

I suspect the better surrendered ones end up for sale somewhere.

4 hours ago, flyingtlger said:

It's too easy to buy illegal guns in Thailand and with advent of 3D printers, it's getting easier and easier to make one.

I agree with dinsdale, I don't think it'll get any traction here....

Had a BIB try to sell me a handgun many years back.

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

In the UK many years ago they had a "Handgun ban"  no ownership what so ever...

Achieved nothing, gun crime remained exactly the same.

The only thing that happened was many hand gun owners stopped sport shooting and many gun clubs went out of business.

 

Yes, I 'lost' my favourite CZ and 1911 - still angry 😠

31 minutes ago, JoePai said:

Yes, I 'lost' my favourite CZ and 1911 - still angry 😠

I still retained my rifles for hunting and range work, but did miss my long range pistol shooting.

I prefer grenades these days as my trigger finger gets enough of a workout elsewhere 🤔