is it legal to own a gun in thailand
Overview of gun laws by nation A firearm license in Thailand is granted only for self-defense, property protection, hunting, or sporting use.[77] A license may not be issued to anyone who is a repeat offender or mentally unstable. Citizenship is not required to purchase and use firearms. But non-citizens must have a resident permit. A person is also not allowed to carry their gun without an additional permit for concealed carry.[78] Even for Thai citizens permitted to own firearms, firearms are expensive.[79][relevant? â€“ discuss] Fully automatic firearms and explosive devices are prohibited.[80]
Thailand Thailand (/ˈtaɪlænd/ TY-land), officially the Kingdom of Thailand and formerly known as Siam, is a country at the center of the Southeast Asian Indochinese peninsula composed of 76 provinces. At 513,120 km2 (198,120 sq mi) and over 68 million people, Thailand is the world's 50th largest country by total area and the 21st-most-populous country. The capital and largest city is Bangkok, a special administrative area. Thailand is bordered to the north by Myanmar and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and the southern extremity of Myanmar. Its maritime boundaries include Vietnam in the Gulf of Thailand to the southeast, and Indonesia and India on the Andaman Sea to the southwest. Although nominally a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, the most recent coup in 2014 established a de facto military dictatorship.