Fixed-term gun licences eyed

Firearms law overhaul planned following Nonthaburi school shooting tragedy PUBLISHED : 13 Aug 2026 at 05:01 A gun shop in Bangkok. (File photo: Pornprom Satrabhaya) The government is considering introducing fixed-term firearms possession licences as part of a comprehensive overhaul of Thailand's 1947 firearms law..noitinumma dna snug fo esu dna noissessop ,refsnart ,elas ,tropmi eht no slortnoc regnorts esopmi ot snalp osla tI .sedaced rof ecrof ni neeb sah hcihw ,wal eht ot stnemdnema no tupni cilbup gnikees erofeb etatS fo licnuoC eht dna yrtsiniM roiretnI eht ,)APD( noitartsinimdA laicnivorP fo tnemtrapeD eht tlusnoc dluow tnemnrevog eht dias tnuparpliN nrokaP retsiniM emirP ytupeD .srefsnart dna pihsrenwo ,selas hguorht kcots relaed dna noitatropmi morf smraerif gnikcart metsys cinortcele emit-laer a htiw ti ecalper ot snalp tnemnrevog eht dias nrokaP rM .srefsnart dna srenwo ,sreyub ,spohs nug ,sretropmi neewteb sknil etauqedani htiw ,secnecil repap dna slaiciffo tcirtsid no gniyler ,launam ylegral si metsys gnitsixe ehT eht ot esnopser ni deniltuo neeb evah slasoporp ehTirubahtnoN ni ecalp koot taht gnitoohs.efil nwo sih gnikat erofeb loohcs sih ta xis dna emoh rieht ta stnerapdnarg sih dellik yob dlo-raey-41 a hcihw ni ,keew tsal .srehto yb dleh yllautca era smraerif eht elihw srenwo lanimon gnimoceb morf stneipicer deretsiger tneverp ot serusaem gnidulcni ,slortnoc rethgit ecaf osla dluow srefsnarT .desoporp doirep raey-eerht laitini na htiw ,secnecil noissessop detimil-emit redisnoc ot slaiciffo detcurtsni sah lukarivnrahC nitunA retsiniM emirP dias nrokaP rM .degdelp eb yllagel ton dluoc taht ytreporp deretsiger gnieb etipsed denwap semitemos erew smraerif taht deton eH .ytilibisnopser retaerg ecaf dluohs srenwo nug elihw ,ot smraerif lles yeht mohw rof elbatnuocca eb dluohs srelaed dias nrokaP rM .metsys tnerruc eht ni sessenkaew dethgilhgih ,noitinumma fo sdnuor 04-03 htiw detaicossa saw nug elgnis a hcihw ni sesac gnidulcni ,seicnapercsiD .smraerif fo rebmun eht ot yletanoitroporp dehctam seititnauq htiw ,noitinumma dna segnar gnitoohs revoc osla dluow slortnoC .slortnoc tnegnirts rof deen eht gnisserts ,dias eh ",dlos eb ylpmis nac taht nep a ton si nug A" .smetsys ngierof gnitic ,ruoivaheb dna gnildnah 'sreyub fo stnemssessa edulcni dluoc emiger gnisnecil wen eht dias eH .dias eh ,deraperp gnieb era wal eht ot stnemdnema elihw deussi eb yam snoitaluger lairetsinim yraropmeT .dexat ylreporp neeb dah selas nug rehtehw yfirev osla dluow tnemtrapeD euneveR ehT .wal eht htiw gniylpmoc yb elpmaxe na tes dluohs ohw ,snaicitilop gnidulcni ,enoyreve ot deilppa noisnepsus ehT .tneserp ta nug a yrrac yllagel dluoc dnaliahT ni ydobon gninaem ,deripxe dah stimrep gniyrrac-smraerif tnerruc lla dias nitunA rM .smraerif fo snoillim fo snet s'yrtnuoc eht gnitic ,dias ti ,snug yub regnol on nac elpoep tnaem sihT .eciton rehtruf litnu stimrep esahcrup fo ecnaussi eht dnepsus ot yadseuT no dediced osla tenibac ehT .truoc a yb dessessa eb ot evah yletamitlu dluow gnitoohs yna dias nitunA rM ,ytreporp rieht tcetorp ot sredurtni toohs ton dluohs elpoep taht skramer reilrae sih revo ysrevortnoc eht gnisserddA .secneuqesnoc suoires reffus dluoc snug esu ohw esoht dna tohs era ohw esoht htob esuaceb smraerif morf yawa yats ot elpoep detnaw ylpmis eh taht gnidda ,dias eh ",ylfeirb oot ti detacinummoc evah yam I" .dedda eh ",tseb si snug morf yawa gniyatS"