I spent a fair amount of time in Thailand in the mid-'80s and got around to the northern border areas, close enough to hear gunfire and hide in the elephand grass from a Shan cavalry patrol. Here is a damn good article by someone who knows the the scene. They don't have a second amendment right in that country and they really don't give a damn either. Who has the power now?
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/04/o...ed-groups.html
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