Tourists robbed at gun point in Nassau, Bahamas

Rick Lowe

According to a report in The Tribune, 11 tourists were held up at the landmark Queen's Staircase in the City of Nassau at 11:00am on Sunday past.

This is a day that so many Bahamians feared.

What will the ramifications be to our tourist industry?

How will the US Embassy respond?

How do we get this under control?

It is bad enough that we would rob each other at gun point, but not our tourists.

Will we stop asking the politicians to let our "good sons and daughters" off so they can get our vote?

Will the politicians get the back bone to stop trying to get their friends and constituents released without facing the consequences of their actions?

It will be interesting to see how the political class will react as well.

Will the PLP blame the FNM without offering solutions?

Will the FNM raise the political will to enforce the law?

Only time will tell, and obviously we only have ourselves to blame, but what have we become?