The two latest fatal armed stand-offs that occurred within a week of each other remind society once more that gun violence has become the new normal in Thailand. Equally worrying is how the government is choosing to deal with this problem.
In both incidences, the sieges ended tragically, with the two gunmen shot dead by the police after they decided to storm the houses. The first gunman was a police officer who lived in Bangkok's Sai Mai district; the second was a former forest ranger who lived in Phetchaburi.
