Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy noticeThailand has stopped issuing new gun permits after a mass school shooting and an incident of violence involving a former lawmaker left the country reeling. Prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul said the suspension would hold while his government drafted new gun laws carrying tighter controls and significantly harsher penalties. At the Debsirin Nonthaburi School, children returned to classrooms on Monday, some passing through metal detectors installed over the weekend. That attack had also prompted promises of tighter gun laws.