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PM Anutin orders new firearms bill and freeze on three gun licence types
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Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul outlined the government’s firearms-control measures at Government House on Tuesday (August 11, 2026).
Key facts
- He explained that the government would accelerate action on firearms and had instructed Deputy Prime Minister Pakorn Nilprapunt at a Cabinet meeting to expedite the drafting of a new firearms bill.
- He described the current rule as a 100% ban on carrying firearms and warned that violations were offences punishable by imprisonment.
- Several such cases had been detected during the night of Monday (August 10, 2026), he noted.
- He had also directed the Ministry of Interior and the Royal Thai Police (RTP) to halt renewals of three licence types for the time being: Por 3 (licence to purchase a firearm or ammunition), Por 4 (licence to possess and use a firearm) and
Summary
He explained that the government would accelerate action on firearms and had instructed Deputy Prime Minister Pakorn Nilprapunt at a Cabinet meeting to expedite the drafting of a new firearms bill.
He had also directed the Ministry of Interior and the Royal Thai Police (RTP) to halt renewals of three licence types for the time being: Por 3 (licence to purchase a firearm or ammunition), Por 4 (licence to possess and use a firearm) and Por 12 (licence to carry a firearm in public), unless the Cabinet decided otherwise.