News Forum - Guns, drugs and mental health – questions for a grieving nation

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Since at least 37 people were killed in Thursday’s massacre, Thailand has been forced ask itself some very uncomfortable questions. Gregory Raymond is a lecturer in the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs researching Southeast Asian politics and foreign relations. Writing for Austraila’s ABC News, Raymond identifies four main areas that should be of concern to everyone in Thailand. The alleged gunman was a former member of the police force, who was facing trial on a methamphetamine possession charge after having been dismissed from the police over drug allegations. As elections loom in the Spring, the shocking incident has […]

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[kalyan]

this incident is a wake up call

Let it be final call,  by this forum i would like to request all greiving mother, father, brothers, sisters , please join together and voice against all sorts of drugs eradication and complete gun control.  Thailand is a small country, poor by economy, most of the villages are very poor, drugs and guns are not way to grow.  Kindly protest against Drugs and Guns.

Bring the issues to your legislatures and law makers, ensure  a strong rule of law is passed so as the future generation would safer.

I would like to thanks His Majesty The Thailand King and Honurable Prime minister visited the site and pay respect and meet the parents.

I wish that i would personally request HM and PM to bring a strong control on eradiction of drugs and complete control of guns.

thanks.

[Johnnyb2]

Maybe another soul destroyed by methamphetamine or amphetamine.  Problem is low price and easy access. Anybody with a hobby lab can cook that junk up. Way too many families in Thailand are affected by this epidemic

Countless people have died or been put in jail over the years for offences related to these drugs. And yet the problem still persist.

What to do? Maybe a whole different approach than the usual one. 

One thing should be clear though. The disgraced cop shouldn't have had a legal gun given the circumstances he was in. His licence should have been revoked. However it's all technicalities at the end, and the real question is why he did it rather than how. 

[Backintheday]

Banning guns is the easy, politically feel good option that will do nothing to attack the core of the problem. But then no politician, or institution seems to have the stomach for reform. All the tears in the world are never going to wash away the layers of institutional corruption and tradition that underwrite this tragedy.