Maritime rules for firearms are complex. I am a captain on a Great Lakes iron ore carrier. Granted we don't have to worry about Somali pirates, but under no circumstances are firearms allowed aboard one of our ships, yet I complain about this all the time and it falls on deaf ears. There are numerous ships on the lakes that fly US flag and have unlicensed crew from some of the terrorist friendly countries in the Middle East. I talk with officers of these ships on a regular basis and yeah, there are unlicensed guys that come aboard that freak them out. Sure we don't have pirates but yeah, we do get disgruntled crew and you never know what someone with a loose screw is capable of doing.......I guarantee every pilot house on every ship talks about these scenarios on a regular basis and what we could do to thwart a hostile take over. There isn't much you can do when your attacker is armed with anything that shoots a bullet and all you have is a fire ax or fire hose.
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