A gun. [Photo/nation.co.ke]
Gun ownership has not been much of an issue in Kenya, at least not like in the United States where mass shootings are an ongoing reality.That is set to change in the wake of the cold blood murder of a doctor by a supposedly deranged patient.The chairman of the National Gun Owners Association Anthony Wahome has decried the loopholes in the gun laws which he wants to be sealed so that to prevent the prospect of guns falling in the hands of mentally unstable individuals.''The law talks of the revocation of the license if one is found to have intemperate habits or unsound mind. I think it assumes, to begin with, that all people are of sound mind unless proved otherwise.'' Wahome told the Daily Nation.Wahome argued that the responsibility to report a mentally deranged gun owner to law enforcement agencies lies primarily with the family members as they interact with them closely.Presently, Kenya's gun laws don't have a provision necessitating the medical examination of those who seek to own guns.