A recent BBC news item on why violent crime is so rare in Iceland can give Kenyans something to think about. Unlike Kenya, Iceland is awash with guns in private hands, yet the law forbids the police to be armed. The only officers permitted to carry firearms in Iceland are a special force called the Viking Squad that is rarely called upon into action against criminals. Thus, there is something the Icelanders have gotten right on sustainable security that Kenyans need to know if measures to enhance security have to bear fruit. According to the study by an American scholar, Andrew Clark, on...
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