There are plans for stricter gun laws after a Bangkok shopping mall shooting, but preventing future tragedies requires the Thai government to tackle other pressing issues too, says Boonwara Sumano of the Thailand Development Research Institute.
A suspected gunman is detained after shots were fired at the luxury Siam Paragon shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand, Oct 3, 2023. in northeast Thailand, where 36 people, 24 of them toddlers, were killed by an ex-policeman with a history of drug abuse. In 2020, a military officer carried out a mass shooting at a shopping mall in Nakhon Ratchasima, resulting in 30 deaths and 58 injuries.
This behaviour is usually driven by structural issues, such as public safety, trust toward law enforcement agencies and cultural norms that perpetuate high tolerance for violence. The Siam Paragon shooter killed two people and injured several others using a blank gun modified to shoot real bullets. According to the police, the teenager had not taken his medication andThe nursery gunman and military shooter were both reportedly under high levels of stress, with the former facing drug charges in court and the latter angry about a land dispute. That they had no record of mental health issues could perhaps be because they never sought any mental health care.
Mental health is often seen as a sign of individual weakness when, in fact, it is a result of the inability to achieve well-being in society. This includes the lack of economic opportunities, education, healthcare, habitable environments and social connections, among other factors. Disturbingly, while a higher proportion of children and youth reported experiencing mental struggles than in other age groups, there are only 295 child psychiatrists and 602 child psychiatric nurses. Distribution is another challenge, as some provinces have no access to specialised support.
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