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Piracy on the rise
- Thread starter Flintlock
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Tomahawk
Regular Member
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LEO 229 wrote:
LEO 229 wrote:
Do you feel okay? You are starting to sound like me and my dad. He was in the Navy and has repeatedly expressed his disgust at the shipping companies that refuse to arm their crews.I know that if I had a shipI would have mega weapons secured on board. Any pirates would be greeted accordingly.
sv_libertarian
State Researcher
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expvideo wrote:
Sorry for being a grump.
expvideo wrote:
Actually I thought you were serious. I've heard that and much more ridiculous notions presented by well meaning, or just ignorant people that I wasn't sure. Plus (no pun intended) I was cranky last night.Obviously, I was kidding about the crank operated machine gun, but I think you knew that anyway
As for a real world solution, the government needs to take piracy seriously and dedicateda military response to it. Otherwise, the only real solution is vigilante-ism. I don't know how realistic of an idea that is either, but I'm sure that if a sudden surge of civilian pirate hunting were to make the news, the government would start taking piracy more seriously. The government hates it when civilians do their job for them.
Sorry for being a grump.
Thundar
Regular Member
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This sort of bad thing does happen to people on yachts all the time. The pirates are often just thugs with a zodiac. To defend your boat I would recommend a 50/50 mix of tracerand regularammo from a reliable rifle with multiple 30 round mags. The idea is that the tracers scare the thugs away. For intruders a shotgun is best on deck and a pistol is usually best in the cramped cabin. Keeping firearms rust free in a saltwater environment is a challenge. Mossberg makes a very nice Mariner shotgun.
Do not play any games with the Coast Guard if they tell you to heave to and prepare for boarding. The rules are very different on a vessel than they are on land.
This sort of bad thing does happen to people on yachts all the time. The pirates are often just thugs with a zodiac. To defend your boat I would recommend a 50/50 mix of tracerand regularammo from a reliable rifle with multiple 30 round mags. The idea is that the tracers scare the thugs away. For intruders a shotgun is best on deck and a pistol is usually best in the cramped cabin. Keeping firearms rust free in a saltwater environment is a challenge. Mossberg makes a very nice Mariner shotgun.
Do not play any games with the Coast Guard if they tell you to heave to and prepare for boarding. The rules are very different on a vessel than they are on land.
