First of all anyone who needs a gun "for protection" must be engaging in very sinister activities that are creating enemies all over the place who want to kill him, which already tells you you are dealing with very shifty characters.
Second, I have never heard of a positive outcome regarding those with licensed guns. Every time the news breaks there is another negative incident
Mara Igathe almost getting shot by the man in the wheelchair
Then sijui CMB prezzo shooting in the air outside a nightclub causing people to scamper
Then sijui Makueni MPs trying to oust Kibwana shooting left right and centre
and most recently "Jowie bin Jowie" shooting himself in a botch suicide attempt.
The list is endless.
The worst part about it is most of these fellows are walevi (if our Kenyan drinking culture is anything to go by) and there is nothing worse than giving access to a gun to a mlevi very drunk at the bar who feels "insulted." He will dispatch you pronto to the other side!