Two men remained in the Intensive Care Unit of the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital last night after a double shooting on St. Monica’s Road.

The men, aged 44 and 41, were shot several times at 5.30am on Saturday. Since May 2009 when the gang-related violence began 42 people have been shot in Bermuda, 11 of whom have died.

Community activist Carlton Simmons said he was worried the community had now accepted that guns are a part of daily life. He warned armed robberies and home invasions would start to rise if Bermuda does not think outside the box and find a way to deal with the root of its gang problem.

“I am concerned, I am worried,” he said. “Where is the outrage? You don’t hear anyone outraged about shootings anymore. Look at us, it has been a year since the murders and we have come to accept it.

“We aren’t even trying to fight for the future of this Country.”

Mr Simmons was involved in orchestrating last year’s Christmas ceasefire, which took place after three men were murdered in early December. He believes that things will get worse for the wider community if something doesn’t change soon.

Mr Simmons said that new Police powers, such as stop and searches, as well as the gang mentality has meant a fall in the amount of drugs sold around the Island.

“These people’s livelihood has been attacked,” he said, referring to the drug trade. ““They cannot move around like they used to. They cannot sell on the open street like they used to.

“But they still need to pay their bills, give money to their girl. What people don’t realise is they will start doing armed robberies at gas stations, stores and then they are going to come to people’s homes. It is about the money.”

Moving forward Mr Simmons said he hoped Government would benefit from the Joint Select Committee on Gangs, but also that they would have the “courage” to do something with the suggestions coming from the community.

“It can’t just be about enforcement,” he said. “Things have to change and I am not just talking about the gangs we have now I am looking to the future when you have children who have never been to Dockyard because no one could take the.

“When you have kids who have played in a three block radius because it was the only place that was safe. Those kids who grew up watching the shootings and the lifestyle, they won’t know the one Bermuda we are talking about now. They won’t care.”

Opposition leader Kim Swan said he was alarmed by the latest shooting and hoped it would not escalate over the Christmas season.

“We are increasingly alarmed with the continuation of the shootings this weekend, and we are sensitive to the trauma and turmoil caused to the families and community effected by the shootings,” he said. “With the holiday season approaching there is always the threat of an escalation as seen in previous years.”

He urged Government to look at implementing Operation Ceasefire, a community policing programme which has worked at reducing gang violence in the US and UK.

“The United Bermuda Party are prepared to work with the Police, Government and the Governor as required to demonstrate the solidarity required to overcome this serious blight on our society,” he said.

“We have been encouraged in recent months by the arrest and also by reports that the public have been willing to support the police by giving evidence - this must continue.”

Anyone with any information on Saturday’s shooting can call 295 0011 or the independent confidential Crime Stoppers Bermuda hotline on 800 8477.