How’s That Gun Control Thing Working Out In Thailand?
BY Herschel Smith
4 years, 9 months ago
So we find that “In Thailand, the right to private gun ownership is not guaranteed by law.” We find “In Thailand, civilians are not allowed to possess automatic and semi-automatic rifles,” that is, weapons the mall killer, being part of the government, reportedly had no problem getting his hands on.
If you want a handgun, a rifle or a shotgun, citizens have to overcome several prior restraints, including satisfying the government that they have a “genuine reason” for the license need to obtain a firearm and its ammunition (one license per gun). They need to pass a “universal background check” that includes “income” among its considerations (like “gun control” here, poorer citizens are most affected). And there are “red flag” disqualifiers like “domestic violence … Where a past history or apprehended likelihood of family violence exists, the law in Thailand stipulates that a gun license should be denied or revoked.”
“In Thailand, the law requires that a record of the acquisition, possession, and transfer of each privately held firearm be retained in an official register,” GunPolicy.org continues. We also find that in Thailand they have storage laws and transit laws. Open carry is banned, and if a citizen wants to carry concealed, they must “apply for permission to carry a firearm … to the officials who are competent to issue such license.”
I guess not too well. If he hadn’t stolen it, or bought it, he could have built it. Because humans are innovative.
This reminds me – how’s that gun control thing working out in Chicago?
On February 9, 2020 at 9:56 pm, X said:
“If you want a handgun… citizens have to overcome several prior restraints, including satisfying the government that they have a ‘genuine reason’ for the license need (sic) to obtain a firearm.”
-That’s been the law in New York since 1911. Self-defense is not considered a “genuine reason” unless you can demonstrate a SPECIFIC threat, i.e. order of protection.
“civilians are not allowed to possess automatic… rifles”
-Been the law in New York for decades
“They need to pass a ‘universal background check’ that includes ‘income’ among its considerations”
-Employment history and demonstration of “need” to protect money are part of a New York State pistol permit application. Unemployment or traffic tickets can disqualify you.
“And there are ‘red flag’ disqualifiers like ‘domestic violence'”
-Same here on both State and Federal level
“In Thailand, the law requires that a record of the acquisition, possession, and transfer of each privately held firearm be retained in an official register”
-Same for handguns in New York
“Open carry is banned, and if a citizen wants to carry concealed, they must ‘apply for permission to carry a firearm … to the officials who are competent to issue such license.’”
-Same for handguns in New York. I think New Jersey and Massachusetts (the “Cradle of Liberty???? Ha!) have copied nearly every aspect of New York’s handgun law.
I’m amazed at how many people point the finger at gun control in other countries when our own country has jurisdictions that as bad or actually worse. Wanna know who implemented an “assault weapon” confiscation before Australia and New Zealand did???
Republican mayor of New York City, Rudolph Giuliani, in the 1990s.
He decreed that “assault weapons” capable of holding more than 5 rounds could no longer be registered in NYC, and any owner who had an offending weapon was ordered to prove to NYPD that it was permanently modified by a gunsmith or that it had been permanently removed from the City. People actually had to get rid of lever actions that held more than 5 rounds. Since everything was registered, if you didn’t comply the registration was revoked and the cops came knockin.’