{
  "id": 327759,
  "title": "Gun Culture in Thailand: Ownership, Laws, and Violence",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/gun-culture-in-thailand-ownership-laws-and-violence",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-08T00:44:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Chiang Rai Times",
    "slug": "chiang-rai-times",
    "url": "https://www.chiangraitimes.com/learning/gun-culture-in-thailand/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Thailand has a strict licensing system for civilian gun ownership, yet it also has one of Southeast Asia’s highest rates of civilian firearm ownership. The Small Arms Survey estimated that Thai civilians held about 10.3 million firearms in 2017, or 15.1 guns per 100 people. That figure includes both legal and illegal weapons. For Thai […] The post Gun Culture in Thailand: Ownership, Laws, and…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}