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Bangkok Post
Bangkok Post
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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Gun violence reflects failures | History Defined

In this file photo, more than 2,300 illegal firearms and a large quantity of cartridges were displayed after they were seized at the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau in July. Experts have blamed the government for failing to control the sale and use of firearms to the general public. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)

Incidences of gun-related violence against women and children are a reflection of the government's failures in controlling the sale and use of firearms to the public, experts and observers told the Bangkok Post.

Their concerns followed the Nong Bua Lamphu massacre in October and another incident in which a man shot at a primary school in Ranong 18 times on Nov 27.

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