Thailand Tightens Gun Laws Again After Teen Uses Grandfather’s Registered Handgun

On August 7, 2026, a 14-year-old Thai student murdered his grandparents, took his grandfather’s legally registered handgun, and carried it to Debsirin Nonthaburi School outside Bangkok. He killed six people at the school and wounded 23 before shooting himself. Eight victims were killed in all. The Thai government has now suspended firearm-purchase permits, ordered a review of existing licenses, and called for harsher restrictions. In July of 2025, a mass murderer killed five people and then committed suicide at a Bangkok market.Thailand had imposed even more restrictions on its already restrictive gun control measures in 2023. In 2023, a 14-year-old...