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Mumbai Attack Fuels Demand for Gun-toting Private Security Guards in India
3 March 2009
New York Times
NEW DELHI — In much of India, the first line of defense against crime stands just over five and a half feet tall, earns less than $100 a month and is armed with little more than a shiny belt buckle.
Security guards have long been a sleepy presence here, but a string of fatal attacks, culminating in the siege of three Mumbai hotels by terrorists last November, have created a demand for new and better trained guards, state-of-the-art equipment and guns for the guards... (GunPolicy.org)