‘Natural to own gun for protection’: Why Thais don’t fear guns despite mass shooting incidents

Guns set up in a window display at the Ratchasima Gun Shop in Nakhon Ratchasima in 2020. - AFP

BANGKOK: Retired government officer Phairoj Kullavanijaya spends most of his days working on his fruit farm in Chachoengsao in south-central Thailand – an area most consider to be generally safe.

But the 68-year-old feels more at ease with his 9mm pistol at his side.