Thailand wants all firearms registered after 2022 mass shooting


BANGKOK. March 16 (Bloomberg): Thailand plans to offer an amnesty for gun owners who haven’t registered their firearms following last year’s mass shooting that left about two dozen preschoolers dead.

The cabinet cleared a proposal that will allow owners of unregistered firearms to have their weapons officially recorded within 180 days without charges, Ratchada Thanadirek, a government spokesperson, said in statement Wednesday.

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