Modern Day Pirates

[MasterBlaster]

Jeff, is there a reason the crew of the American ship were not armed? The news reported they held them off at first with fire hoses. Where were the AK47's?

It's that company's policy to not resist pirates.

Maroons.

 

[Al Smith]

When I scrolled down I was not expecting to read that , I just spit ice tea on the monitor thanks.. lol

I've replaced I believe two keyboards so far ,maybe three . Mountain Dew does a worse job on them that beer,that I can assure you . They usually survive coffee .

 

[NeTree]

Company policy my ass. I'd be packing.

Many moons ago, I got canned from a part time job as a cashier for holding a knife-wielding robber at gunpoint until the cops got there. Store policy said I should have just let the scumbag have his way. My policy? Don't bring a knife to a gunfight.

 

[Al Smith]

I've got a buddy who is a retired navy chief petty officer that ran a charter service on the Florida coast for a few years and the Caribbean .He always carried a couple of 12 gauge riot guns on board with double 0 buckshot .

According to him it is perfectly legal as he has been boarded by the coast guard several times .By law he had to inform the CG before they boarded that he was in fact armed.Evidently they had no problem with it .

 

[TheTreeWiseMen]

Company policy my ass. I'd be packing.

Many moons ago, I got canned from a part time job as a cashier for holding a knife-wielding robber at gunpoint until the cops got there. Store policy said I should have just let the scumbag have his way. My policy? Don't bring a knife to a gunfight.

You should've shot him.....alot.

 

[NeTree]

Had he made a move acros the counter at me, I would have... but to shoot him otherwise would have been "unreasonable force", and I was on tape.

Had it happened off-camera...

 

[TheTreeWiseMen]

Would love to have seen the look on his face....

 

[treeclimber]

Guess what sea marshal as a nice ring to it , you'll get to see the world on a really nice luxury liner, and as a bonus, sometimes you'll be able to target practice with some skinnies.... I say lets outfit those ships with a ten marine detail and a few 20mm... Good times...

 

[fishhuntcutwood]

Jeff, is there a reason the crew of the American ship were not armed? The news reported they held them off at first with fire hoses. Where were the AK47's?

Yeah, like was said, the company chooses to not resist pirates. :roll:

But mainly because it's illegal to set sail and cross international and most country's waters with fully automatic weapons. Geraldo was on TV the other day talking about his sail boat and when he sails. He goes armed and he says he gets as many permits as he can, but he knowingly sails illegally through some water (including US waters) with his weapons but that he won't be caught without decent firepower in most waters. One trip through the Indian Ocean, he even hired a French (I think...I can't remember the nationality) commando to sail with them for protection.

If by "AK47" you were just referring to guns and not to fully automatic weapons, still it's illegal to posess many guns in alot of countries. Canada for example, simple handguns are illegal to posess if you're not a citizen, and are difficult even if you are. Australia is a country where guns are illegal as well. Sail into Sydney Harbor with your Grandpa's .22 revolver and you just broke the law.

 

[Jonseredbred]

What a national tradegy it would be if pirates got Geraldo.:what:

 

[stehansen]

He would really miss himself!

 

[sothere]

Rescued,,,Yay,,,dead pirates Yay X3

 

[Old Monkey]

Good conclusion all around.

 

[vharrison]

Just great news!

 

[SkwerI]

We need about a dozen more pirate stories with similar endings. The best pirate is a dead pirate.

 

[Old Monkey]

Then you don't have to worry about where to try them and for what.

 

[NeTree]

Then you don't have to worry about where to try them and for what.

+1

 

[Al Smith]

Perhaps the modern days raiders of the seven seas will see the error of their ways .In this case 'tis bad business to screw with the US navy .

Those pirates keep it up they no doubt will be dealt the same blow as their forefathers of the Barbary coast and just flat blown out of the water . History once again repeating itself .

 

[Stumper]

Doesn't much matter where or by whom they are tried and executed. Piracy is traditionally and properly considered a particularly vile crime and its practitioners are considered hostis humani generis by international admiralty law. They are enemies of all mankind and are subject to any and every jurisdiction which manages to lay hold of them.

 

[Che]

I was wondering how they killed the pirates without hurting the captain. Guess he sure helped out matters, brave guy:

On Friday he failed in an attempt to swim free.

On Sunday he jumped overboard for a second time, and the pirates were shot and killed before they could take action to get him back.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I can't believe the maroons didn't tie him up.

 

[Thor's Hammer]

Doesn't much matter where or by whom they are tried and executed. Piracy is traditionally and properly considered a particularly vile crime and its practitioners are considered hostis humani generis by international admiralty law. They are enemies of all mankind and are subject to any and every jurisdiction which manages to lay hold of them.

Unless you get a licence from the Queen - then you get to be a Privateer

And for what its worth, I reckon the Somali pirates are more scared of the French than they are of the US Navy

 

[SkwerI]

Well I know of three that aren't afraid of either any more. And the French didn't kill them, either.

The Somali pirates have been hijacking ships for many years, mostly unhindered by any international law enforcement. But this week they frigged up by hijacking a ship waving an American flag. That got them dead. I'll guess that it's a long time before they attempt to hijack another American ship.

 

[Stumper]

Ed, Privateers/Corsairs have some legal standing via their letters of marque/government sanction and specific national targets. Of course the Spanish didn't ever think much of the legal standing of privateers choosing to hang the privateer AND his letter of marque with him.
The French have done well in recent weeks regarding the Somali pirates. Kudos to them.

 

[Old Monkey]

The questions I have now are, will the Somali pirates up the ante and be more violent now and two how hard is it for a sharp shooter to make a shot from one boat on the high sees to another. That must have been some good shooting.