Gunfight with Chiang Mai police encourages crack down on illegal weapons

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Gunfight With Police Encourages Crack Down on Illegal Weapons
by CityNews



CityNews – Police promise to crack down on illegal gun owners after a gun fight between a villager and police officers broke out in Chiang Dao on February 3.

A man named Alapa Laomoo was arrested after a fight broke out between him and the police in Thung Kai Puang sub-district of Chiang Dao. He was armed and threatened to shoot civilians and officers. He finally surrendered after he was shot in the stomach by authorities.

Full story: http://www.chiangmaicitylife.com/news/gunfight-with-police-encourages-crack-down-on-illegal-weapons/


-- Chiang City News 2016-02-04

[Thailand]

I guess I would also surrender if I had a lump of lead in my gut.

Crackdown on weapons -OK

[NongKhaiKid]

So it takes a gunfight with police to get their interest in illegal weapons and the word ' encourages ' doesn't create confidence.

As for the BB's promise to take action ... !

[trogers]

Message from the police:

It is okay to own illegal weapons as long as they are not used against us!

Edited February 4, 2016 by trogers

[NCC1701A]

Police Commander:

"So someone actually shot at you? Wow, what was it like."

Cop:

"First I wet my pants, then run and wait for pants to dry out, you know, group photo."

Police Commander:

"Congratulations. Well done."

[NeverSure]

Does anyone else think that's a very early (and battered) M16? I don't see a forward assist. Does anyone? Could that be Vietnam war era with some modifications to the stocks?

I wonder how much of that stuff is floating around unknown in Thailand. ??

Cheers.

[clockman]

10 million known guns, in a so called Buddhist country!

[SOTIRIOS]

........duhh....d'ya think....???

[sawadee1947]

I'm not sure....did they want to shoot his stomsch....or was it just inability to aim at his leg.....?

[cgphuket]

Too bad they wernt encouraged to crack down on illegal weapons before this. Thailand: Hub of doing nothing until absolutely required.

[Emster23]

Too bad they wernt encouraged to crack down on illegal weapons before this. Thailand: Hub of doing nothing until absolutely required.

and then still do nothing other than hold press conference

[snowgard]

Police promise to crack down on illegal gun owners???

What a joke!!!!

This gun market exist now for years and a lot of illegal guns are selled there and still on sale now:

http://www.gundd.com/

[JeremyBowskill]

Wouldn't a gunfight have two sides shooting at each other? Surely this is just a shooting?

[ronaldo0]

As I stated in a post yesterday, it is alarming the amount of unknown guns in this country in the hands of idiots!!

The only saving grace from what I have been told by people with guns is that the ammo is difficult to get .

This is why any arrest pic you only see a few bullets in the photos. If it is possible to buy a lot you can bet they wont be cheap !!

[farcanell]

Does anyone else think that's a very early (and battered) M16? I don't see a forward assist. Does anyone? Could that be Vietnam war era with some modifications to the stocks?

I wonder how much of that stuff is floating around unknown in Thailand. ??

Cheers.

Was wondering the same thing.... This is a very serious weapon to have stashed in the back shed

Thank goodness, as another poster suggests, the ammo is hard to come by, although I believe it takes a common NATO round, so I don't know why this would be so

[NeverSure]

Does anyone else think that's a very early (and battered) M16? I don't see a forward assist. Does anyone? Could that be Vietnam war era with some modifications to the stocks?

I wonder how much of that stuff is floating around unknown in Thailand. ??

Cheers.

Was wondering the same thing.... This is a very serious weapon to have stashed in the back shed

Thank goodness, as another poster suggests, the ammo is hard to come by, although I believe it takes a common NATO round, so I don't know why this would be so

Yep. 5.56 NATO (for M16) is a very common round. As an aside, the 9mm is also the NATO handgun round and there's a ton of that in Thailand.

[farcanell]

Does anyone else think that's a very early (and battered) M16? I don't see a forward assist. Does anyone? Could that be Vietnam war era with some modifications to the stocks?

I wonder how much of that stuff is floating around unknown in Thailand. ??

Cheers.

Was wondering the same thing.... This is a very serious weapon to have stashed in the back shed

Thank goodness, as another poster suggests, the ammo is hard to come by, although I believe it takes a common NATO round, so I don't know why this would be so

Yep. 5.56 NATO (for M16) is a very common round. As an aside, the 9mm is also the NATO handgun round and there's a ton of that in Thailand.

I clicked "like".... But I don't really like it.... It's actually quite scary

[seajae]

I'm not sure....did they want to shoot his stomsch....or was it just inability to aim at his leg.....?

they were aiming at his leg