The coun­try’s esca­lat­ing mur­der rate and a lack of faith in the secu­ri­ty forces to keep cit­i­zens safe have been cit­ed as two of the fac­tors behind a 14 per cent jump in the num­ber of Jamaicans issued with a firearm licence this year. At the same time, anthro­pol­o­gist on social vio­lence Dr Herbert Gayle, who made the asser­tion, […]