There is nothing that prevents ships from carrying guns right now. Pirates coming at your ship with guns and RPGs is not going to be making a lunch stop. Pirate fish food, makes sense to me.
One 50 cal on the rail, and a crew trained to use it, would stop a whole lot of future grief.
“One 50 cal on the rail, and a crew trained to use it, would stop a whole lot of future grief.”
....amen!.......the pirate attack boats look like fiberglass Boston whalers to me....a heavy machine gun like a M-2 Browning .50 would cut the Somoli launches to pieces.
Vulcan.