00:00A 14-year-old takes a gun from his home, walks into a school, and opens fire.
00:05Nine people would ultimately die, including the shooter and his grandparents.
00:09And that wasn't Thailand's only shooting that week.
00:11Three days later, an ex-MP shot and killed a local government official.
00:16Less than three days after that, an armed group opened fire at a street food festival, injuring six.
00:21Now Thailand is confronting a problem that many associate with the U.S., gun control.
00:26Thailand already has an estimated 10 million firearms, the most heavily armed population in Southeast Asia.
00:33The government wants tighter licensing and a crackdown on illegal guns.
00:37But critics say that doesn't address the millions of firearms already in circulation.
00:41So the question is, how do you stop the next shooting when the guns are already everywhere?
00:46Tune into The Signal across the nation's official accounts as we dive deep into this investigation.
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