The assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe should ring alarm bells for governments around the world, including Thailand’s, about the threat posed by homemade guns such as the one used in the crime. Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, allegedly killed Abe with a homemade firearm that he assembled at his small single-room flat in Nara. It is reported the suspect had made a few such homemade guns from commercially available components: wood for the frame, a plumbing pipe, batteries and electrical wire. He learned about DIY gun-making from an online source. In Thailand, homemade guns have be…

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