[Travis McGee]

This week's pirate attack on an American vessel in the Indian Ocean has renewed a fierce debate in the shipping industry: Should sailors carry guns? Many sailors support the idea. But ship owners and naval officials tend to say armed crews would only add to the volatile mix in a hostile environment.

This is no different than Domino Pizza or McDonalds preferring their unarmed employees to just be herded into the freezer and murdered.

Substitute "Pirate" for "Carjacker" and it is exactly the same.

[Squantos]

Aww just send bluewater instead of blackwater......:o)

Civy PSD teams need to go on cruises (floats) to !

[Gilbo_3]

hey Travis, just the man I wanted to ask...

what is the coastal range of all these anti gun countries...???

why not simply run small escort craft alongside the cargo ships up to the 'border', or simply offload arms and have long range cover from this perimeter ???

Im sure its a complicated situation for my simple thought...but I cant see any sane sailor floating into this hijack zone unarmed...you couldnt pay me enough...