5 Years in Jail for Water Gun Vendors Under New Rules

[uptheos]

Thai PBS has reported that vendors selling high powered water guns over the Songkran period risk five years in jail under new rules to help make Songkran safer this year.

http://www.chiangmaicitylife.com/news/5-years-in-jail-for-water-gun-vendors-under-new-rules/

[ExPratt]

They'd be better off selling Ya Ba now then

[uptheos]

They'd be better off selling Ya Ba now then

Serious stuff those water pistols

[Mestizo]

Every year there and new rules and regulations regarding Songkran celebrations. Just like all the others, this rule is NOT being enforced. I've seen those pipe guns selling and tons of people using them.

-Mestizo

[ExPratt]

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They'd be better off selling Ya Ba now then

Not sure if its Part of the " Crack Down on Dunking" or War on Dankness

[brommers]

Why is it that the authorities, of any kind, issue new rules just days before they go live. Orders for water guns were placed with Chinese manufacturers 6 months ago and so no distributor or retailer is in a position to follow a rule that is days old. Can no one think more than a day ahead?

[uptheos]

Why is it that the authorities, of any kind, issue new rules just days before they go live. Orders for water guns were placed with Chinese manufacturers 6 months ago and so no distributor or retailer is in a position to follow a rule that is days old. Can no one think more than a day ahead?

Thinking a day ahead IS planning in advance and a major achievement!

[Brit_Doggie]

Ok all well and good now enforce it.

[CMfoodie]

Happy Songkran

[tifino]

have they ever sunk low enough, to utilise Paint-Ball weapons? Splat victims with premixed Water'n'Flour

[bartender100]

"Weapons of mass saturation"

[worgeordie]

Thats even more than you would get for owning an illegal gun,maybe more

if you shot and killed someone with it,if you were rich and influential.

This is the kind of sentences they want to give out to the firestarters next

year,maybe that will deter them.

regards worgeordie

[FolkGuitar]

Doesn't appear that the new law had any effect on this year's festivities. I saw dozens of these water cannon being used in just the few hours I was out around the moat.

[CMKiwi]

I had one a few years ago down in Pattaya. Lotta fun but boy they are pretty damn powerful. Can knock someone off their bicycle if your stupid with it. Always had to hide it if the cops drove by. Still safer than fire hydrant and spigot....yes Ive seen kids with one last year....devastating!

[bob4you]

typical Thai BS, say the same thing every year, never makes a difference, guns confiscated but sellers continue to sell.

[mr chow]

Ok all well and good now enforce it.

Same same but same

[arunsakda]

5 5 5

[haybilly]

What exactly does this 'Law' refer to? Not those simple PVC pipe affairs, similar to a bicycle pump, surely? If not, I don't think that I have seen one.

[khwaibah]

What exactly does this 'Law' refer to? Not those simple PVC pipe affairs, similar to a bicycle pump, surely? If not, I don't think that I have seen one.

http://www.chiangmaicitylife.com/news/5-years-in-jail-for-water-gun-vendors-under-new-rules/

Those shown in the photo are still out there but seeing less and less of them.

Edited April 14, 2015 by khwaibah

[arunsakda]

Those fat blue ones will detach your retina easily. I wear safety glasses.

Edited April 14, 2015 by arunsakda

[jaideeguy]

What exactly does this 'Law' refer to? Not those simple PVC pipe affairs, similar to a bicycle pump, surely? If not, I don't think that I have seen one.

http://www.chiangmaicitylife.com/news/5-years-in-jail-for-water-gun-vendors-under-new-rules/

Those shown in the photo are still out there but seeing less and less of them.

I'd like to have one of those blasters here in Hawaii to shoot the stray dogs cats and chickens. I feel so sad missing my first songkran in 15 years...............NOT!!

[WinnieTheKhwai]

I'm going to make an NRA-type argument here but bear with me. It's not the high powered guns that are a problem per say, it's some of the idiots out there. I personally make an effort to get a high powered gun. And a couple PVC tubes. But you can use those sensibly and appropriately: when going at it with other burly men, fire away. With kids though and at close range a little squirt on the torso really isn't going to cut them in half. You can watch me do that a couple of times in the video I posted in the 'Hiding from Songkran' topic. (Not the vid I posted this morning in the main Songkran topic.).

And with PVC tube guns you can use those even baby-safe: put your finger firmly on the business end and a slight gentle spray comes out. Which by the way can also be really good with very cold water, as you can get a sustained spray at close range on non-babies for a really long time, to the point that they're going "What the f..?!" when it doesn't end after 10 seconds or so. )

Now, as for an actual hazard, that would be big burly men with small to mid-sized buckets that they can hurl with force. That's not something to do in a crowd because if you hit someone on the head mid-hurl, (bucket and all) then that's not pretty. When out with kids that's actually the main thing I watch out for (that and traffic). So would the answer be to ban the humble plastic bucket? Clearly it's not. Maybe some lessons in common sense for foreign visitors and juvenile locals would be appropriate though.

Edited April 15, 2015 by WinnieTheKhwai