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I guess this really puts Democratic and Republican bickering into perspective...I was surprised by this because I thought Thailand was at least advanced enough to have violence-free elections.


BANGKOK — About half of Thailand's national lawmakers are taking advantage of a new government plan allowing them to purchase guns at a discount and receive a license to carry them anywhere, an official said Monday.

Election campaigns in Thailand's rural areas are sometimes violent, and most campaigns are marked by several deaths, usually of vote canvassers who buy votes for their candidates. The new program was arranged at the request of lawmakers, said Pranee Siridhammakun of the Interior Ministry's Provincial Administration Department.

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