Maritime Disarmament Makes Commercial Ship Crews Easy Prey for Pirates

In other words, unless a ship is owned by a state actor or huge corporation, and its cargo is deemed profitable enough to warrant the expense of professional armed security, crew members are on their own, and relegated to using nets and hoses to repel armed attackers they can’t outrun. Policies, disarmament mandates and “law” see to that. [More]

Somebody should have told those pirates... I mean, voluntary coast guard/ environmentalist/ social justice warriors ... that guns aren't allowed on board.

Har.