Anutin directed a deputy prime minister overseeing legal affairs to expedite a new gun control law, with stronger controls and significantly harsher penalties.

Police were ordered to ⁠stop renewing permits that enable people to buy firearms.

Registered firearms must be kept at home and cannot be carried in public, Anutin said, reiterating the current law.

For illegal firearms, studies are underway to enact legislation requiring their return to the state within a specified period, he said.

Police at Debsirin Nonthaburi School following a shooting in Bang Kruai District, Nonthaburi Province, north of Thailand's capital Bangkok, Aug. 7, 2026. Photo by AFP