What can be classified as a non-lethal weapon?
Actually almost any object can be a weapon. You can use a knife for cooking or to stab a person. You can use a chair to sit on or hit a person. Even a simple pencil can be used to stab someone. Therefore it’s not surprising that some items sold by street hawkers fall in that category. It depends on the circumstances and the person carrying such objects. Do realistic imitation firearms – hand guns and rifles – cause a problem? Currently, there are a number of cases in which offenders have used imitation hand guns to commit crimes, but not so much with rifles. However, the problem is here and it is increasing. It is not so serious now, but it could be in the future if, for example, more fake weapons are smuggled into the country, making them cheaper and therefore easily available and affordable to the criminals. Can you detail some crimes that have been committed with imitation firearms. There have been a number of such crimes committed during past years. For instance in May, Kanchanabur
