AFTER the deadly school shooting by a 14-year-old male student leading to seven fatalities, including himself, within the premises with the perpetrator having also shot dead his grandparents prior to that Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul today (Aug. 8) rejected proposals to allow teachers to carry firearms, TV Channel 7 and PPTVHD36 said.
Anutin bluntly pointed out that it is unnecessary to raise this issue because teachers are not law enforcement officers authorised to carry firearms.
“Such a proposal shouldn’t even have been made,” he said.
Those not involved with this case were also urged not to jump to a conclusion that the student shot teachers, with five of them who died having taught at Debsinin Nonthaburi School, because of bullying while parents were warned to keep guns out of children’s reach. Over 20 others were also injured in this rampage.
Anutin added that he had discussed enacting stricter gun control laws with Deputy Prime Minister Pakorn Nilapraphan while reiterating the importance of setting up checkpoints to prevent carrying firearms in public places without official duty to do so.
Regarding the use of shooting ranges, the Department of Provincial Administration already has regulations controlling them. Ammunition stored at these ranges must be purchased from the range itself. If regulations are followed correctly, practicing or training shooting skills is not a problem, but firearms should not be taken outside the home or into public places, he said.
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Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul. Above photo – PPTVHD36, Front Page- TV Channel 7
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