We were “boarded” by the USCG on SF Bay while having an afternoon sail, some time back. They wanted to do a “safety check.” They put one guy on board (”to stand guard”) with an M-16 w/o a mag in the magwell. So I asked him where his ammo was? he said: “back on the 41 footer!” So I asked him what he’d do if I decided to throw him overboard. He said: “you wouldn’t do that would you?”
post 44— exactly my point.
Back in the day we ere boarded by coasties with ammo and while a 18 year old coastie stood at the .50 cal locked and loaded - shaking like a leaf. we had a single shot 12 gauge for seals ...