They need to put that officer in that tacky wooden booth in the middle of the road on bay street, on the actual road to curve this crime. Yes of course this has hardly nothing to do with the above topic, but damn that booth is old school and tacky, it needs to be destroyed. I hate seeing it downtown, the tourist even laugh at it and the officers look very stupid in it. Put better use to your officers and let some of these old, overweight, nasty attitude officers work in the offices, instead of the brand new cars. They cant even chase a criminal on foot, the car is their excuse. Fitness should be enforced on the force, too much peas n rice n pork etc got some of them not wanting to even exit the issued cars to properly address crime because of the fact that they so fat and lazy.

Let us not forget how he got the nickname 'brave'. If them robbers stuck the gun down your throat you probably would say, 'they dont call me biggity for nothing'. You are a DPM, such ignorant sayings need not to be said, it is you that is now in place of the PM, when they hear the bahamas they now hear you. Lets get serious and not forget that these 'robbers' are still at large.

We see it Time and Time again, this country and its government(s) do not know what they are doing. They wait until things get out of hand to say 'Oh we need to go fix this and implement that'. The focus is not on us. They rather make a bed of roses for the foreigner to sell/auction off our lands, dreams, and hopes to investors that come here and make 'modern day slaves' out of the native people. These same foreigners come here to work and make money in paradise, whilst the people themselves have no encouragementt from the government in the form of education grants, business ownership etc. The police treat us like animals, almost as if we have no rights. The new and improved interest of the native is not to make something better of their lifes and assests, but to now take what they want, how they want because ultimately the government's concern wasnt with them in the first place. We have gone from a mentality to work together to a mentality of a pirate in the sense that we must now take from the rich because the rich never really deserved in the first place.

Yes maybe not as extreme as Somalia, but we are on the verge. I think the real reason as to why this country is not out of hand yet is because the people are too gullible and AFRAID to take a stand but yet again we live on islands that are scattered and VAT has not taken its toll yet on the already hard working bahamians. Also let us not forget that the government officials will be exempted from this 'consumption tax' that they believe will save us. Yet our wages are not being increased, and we are already paying double on products. All of this has at least something to do with extremity of crime or should we say 'desperation or retaliation' of the people.

Well due to the state of the country, many unemployed persons, the christmas season especially, and a government that forces us to believe non-sense in regard to crime, can now get a taste of what we the people are experiencing day to day. The Prime Minister cant even answer questions raised by the public, he has been very oblivious to many serious situations in this country and it raises the question: 'Who is really in charge here?' The country is basically in the ground, I really dont see how Bahamar is going to change anything, and as we've seen before most of the hotels on the western strip were struggling to make it, even when equipped with the right marketing and services. Bahamar especially has not one thing these other hotels could not have offered except for a slightly bigger casino. Wow, a bigger casino ? Yup that is it, along with the residential side that the natives cant even afford. This country is not concerned with its most important strength, the people. And that is why we face so many problems that are a little extreme for such a small country but the real question is.. What do you really expect to happen? The people are gullable, too lazy to take a stand and we are in too much of an 'expenditure' to even consider properly handling our problems. Crime is only advancing, the people are hungry and desperate, and this is a result of the lack of focus on what makes a country, the people.

Thats because you sir are oblivious to what is really going on in our World and Society. Only a fool would believe that these guns are fresh from the factory and on our soil within week/s. That is just not plausible, I made an educated guess based on what is possible, there is no Lord of War here, just a bunch of loop holes in our society and persons taking advantage of it, as is with any other society. We are not the only ones with this problem. Crime itself continues to evolve.

Did you comprehend what I posted? It doesn't sound like. No one is discrediting anyone. Many lie to cover up the real facts to so call 'protect our integrity' as a nation. Clear your nostrils, the coffee was brewing wayy before this gun problem got out of hand. If you are gullable enough to believe this fabricated information that these weapons are coming straight from the manufacturers a week from production then you sir are oblivious to the weapons trade and its gritty truth. If it was not hard to find these smugglers, why is the problem rapidly growing in our society? Dont take it personal, there is no need for an insult. The TRUTH hurts.

Thanks very much. Lol It seems that 'John' got offended by my correction of his misinformation. The first thing I said is, 'Wake up and smell the coffee'. His nose must be stuffy & he needs to get out more.

Yall better wake up and smell this coffee. You cannot blame the U.S or the Gun Manufacturers. Keith Bell cannot assure you that the guns found here are manufactured just weeks before. That is a fact and if it is so, when they run the serial numbers, that one gun that is found to be manufactured weeks before is probably 1 out of every 100+ guns found. You have to realize in a country where guns are legal to licensed owners, they of course will not own just 1 gun. A rightful gun owner can have as much guns as they want depending on the specifics of the different state laws. This gun hoarding/collecting eventually leads to sales to other licensed owners or those that have the money to buy, and those that have the money to buy are actually buying at their own risk unless they are legal U.S citizens. Guns are sold to many non licensed owners and that is legal. Once you are a citizen and you are of age, you are able to own a gun, this is probably the only specific that may stop a responsible gun owner from selling, but we are living in a world where 'money' is the motive and sometimes gun owners are not responsible enough to take that precaution and sell the gun anyway just for quick money without verifying if the one that is buying is actually able to own a firearm. A gun license or Concealed Carry Permit is what you need in order to carry the gun on you, once it is concealed. Those citizens that do not have a conceal carry permit are allowed to own guns but are not allowed to carry them concealed on their person, rather 'locked' in the glove box unloaded with ammunition and magazines in the back trunk if travelling via vehicle. The fact is, each gun bought is not always registered and depending on the state once you have a gun license or of the age to own, and you are a citizen, you have a right to buy/own any gun that is legal to own without declaring how many guns you already have. Bahamians tend to go to the states, visit gun shows and exhibits, or have friends already there that own guns or know persons that do, who are willing to make a quick buck. They are then obviously able to buy the gun at their own risk. As for the smuggling, you have to blame the system, not the U.S or it manufacturers.

When are you going to realize your ignorance. For every 1 caught another 3 gets away. The water is a vast ocean, and the geographical location/arrangement of our islands makes it very hard to catch these runners. You simply cannot be everywhere at once.