43 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Are crossbows even available in Thailand? Never seen one here. 

 

Plenty on Lazada. 

Ps but look like toys. 

 

Can get online here. 

https://www.archerythailand.com/category/3651/ek-crossbows

 

9 hours ago, Moonlover said:

Why not? Readily available on Ebay.

 

https://www.ebay.com/b/bow-laser-sight/bn_7024930173

 

Possibly on lazada too, never looked...

 

Elmer,  last name Fudd!  Only in the paradise of Thailand.

Glad that lowlife was arrested in this kingdom.

Not in the criminal heaven back home where no realistic punishment for that lunatic.

 

Senseless attempted murderer deserves realistic harsh enough suffering  time,

instead of lukewarm  perpetrator-friendly "rehabilitation process".

6 hours ago, malibukid said:

Carl Jung, and interesting insights into woman.  essentially they are driven by their collective unconscious and can not think rationally.  i tend to agree.  basically all of them are predators.  as long as the males projects false ideals onto their persona they are doomed. avoid at all cost, life is short.  follow the 3 day rule.

What is the 3 day rule ?

16 hours ago, HappyExpat57 said:

Honestly now, does this kind of stuff happen in other countries? This is like a bad South Park episode.

Yes.  Do you really think that it is only in Thailand where heated arguments and attempted murder take place, never anywhere else in the world?   Gawd...

13 hours ago, cdemundo said:

A crossbow fitted with a laser sight?

Did I read that correctly?

They have been produced with laser sights for over a decade .

13 hours ago, impulse said:

 

Please, please tell me "last name Fudd..."

If he was wearing the hat, yes. He thought the victim a wascowwy wabbit. 

I don't want to hear anyone knocking phones ever again. Good thing it wasn't a gun. Happy for this lady, and for the rest of us that another psycho drunk is off the streets and won't do this again. Deportation or prison.

Thailand attracts the worst of the West.

Wow, didn't happen in Pattaya.

So another male with a fragile ego. 

Hope he gets lots of time in jail then gets deported back to Noway.

Nutcase

21 hours ago, Hummin said:

I'm surprised, you as an American dismiss back ground checks. 

 

You just forget, we are supposed to be the wealthy temporarily guests in this country, not the traumatized citizens who grew up in poverty or whatever led them to have mental instability or addictions. 

 

Thai population 68 millions give and take, and how many retired western expats is it? 

A 2019 estimate from Thailand’s Immigration Bureau suggested around 500,000–600,000 foreigners were living in Thailand on various long-term visas, excluding tourists. Unofficially, it could about 1 M

55 minutes ago, Zakhar said:

A 2019 estimate from Thailand’s Immigration Bureau suggested around 500,000–600,000 foreigners were living in Thailand on various long-term visas, excluding tourists. Unofficially, it could about 1 M

 

Wow....that small and irrelevant, eh?

10 hours ago, Donald Bright said:

What is the 3 day rule ?

 

It's one of the sexpat's rules for life. It puts a definitive time frame on the broad principle of "<deleted> and forget." Another variation is the "3 times" rule.  I'll let you work out what that one means.

9 hours ago, Bravefart said:

They have been produced with laser sights for over a decade .

This in response to:

"A crossbow fitted with a laser sight?

Did I read that correctly?"

 

And now don't I feel foolish.

Imagine me being so uninformed on advances in crossbow technology.

Simon says : sit the f**k down

It is the vikings turn to be lunatics again is it

12 hours ago, black tabby12345 said:

Glad that lowlife was arrested in this kingdom.

Not in the criminal heaven back home where no realistic punishment for that lunatic.

 

Senseless attempted murderer deserves realistic harsh enough suffering  time,

instead of lukewarm  perpetrator-friendly "rehabilitation process".

I think his defence will be that he was aiming at the phone. So attempted murder becomes criminal damage. 😂

13 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Are crossbows even available in Thailand? Never seen one here. 

Yes, plenty of shops 

 

https://www.archerythailand.com/product/37229-42052/wicked-ridge-invader-m1-acudraw-de-cock

4 hours ago, wensiensheng said:

I think his defence will be that he was aiming at the phone. So attempted murder becomes criminal damage. 😂

 

Arrow didn't hit that victim.

It was simply the matter of "luck".

Targeting the unarmed innocent, and firing the deadly weapon on her is  the act of Attempted Murder itself.

Even if it missed the mark.

 

If you really believe it won't be deemed an attempted murder, place a  can on the head of anyone else and shoot an arrow aiming it.

 

How the police interprets  that act?

1 hour ago, black tabby12345 said:

 

Arrow didn't hit that victim.

It was simply the matter of "luck".

Targeting the unarmed innocent, and firing the deadly weapon on her is  the act of Attempted Murder itself.

Even if it missed the mark.

 

If you really believe it won't be deemed an attempted murder, place a  can on the head of anyone else and shoot an arrow aiming it.

 

How the police interprets  that act?

Ok. I’m not making any more jokes if you keep taking them seriously. Especially not if you ignore laughing emoji’s

 

On 6/23/2025 at 4:41 PM, HappyExpat57 said:

Honestly now, does this kind of stuff happen in other countries? This is like a bad South Park episode.

Yes.  Bucks County, Pennsylvania.  A neighbors brother (who lived with his dad across the street), had an argument with his brothers roommate (brothers house behind my house).  Guy got angry with his brothers roommate and shot the roommate with a hunting bolt of a crossbow in the upper leg!.  

 

Missed the femoral artery by 1 centimeter.  If the femoral artery had been hit, the guy would have bled out and died before cops or emergency medical had arrived at the house.

 

The man was sentenced to 7 years in prison for attempted murder.

 

hmmm… crazy is what crazy does?

No, it was William Tell.

32 minutes ago, geisha said:

No, it was William Tell.

Who never excisted!