Yesterday Somali pirates/terrorists attacked an United States flag bearing ship nearing the coast of the troubled nation, the American crew fought back and took back the ship, but the Captain is still being held hostage for ransom. This is the second time this week, I ask the question, "what if these crewmen had a couple dozen of guns to prevent the attack in the first place?".
What if these brave American crewmen had two dozen guns containing Pistols, Shotguns, Rifles, AK 47'S, and boxes of ammo to protect themselves from the increasingly dangerous seas around the world. Right now, gun rights for sailors, are limited to various countries laws, and what the captain of the ship overall allows - most of the time, no guns are allowed on ship.
This policy must change.
I propose the following to the United States Congress, an act that would require that all American vessels have atleast a dozen working guns and ammo, this includes merchant ships, cargo ships, cruise chips - to defend themselves from pirates/terrorists, and to be allowed to have these firearms in any nationals territorial waters. All ships bearing the American flag, are subject only to American law - thus if American law demands all vessels be armed, anti-gun governments shall have no authority to say otherwise.
American interests, over International law.
Somali is a Nation of pirates, terrorists, a poor economy, and uncertainty. It is a breeding ground for terrorism, and are attacking ships constantly - this was the first attack on an American ship, the first since the early 1800's with the Barbary pirates, we send them a strong deadly message as Thomas Jefferson did 200 years ago, we will not tolerate terrorism.
But while idiots like Obama discuss the next move, Congress should insure this never happens again to an American ship, without a deadly fight at the least.
In summary, we are at war with these terrorists that the media calls pirates, they are no different then the evil we are fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, and they attacked Americans - we must act now to defeat these cowards pronto. We must also move to arm our sailors for self defense, wherever in the world they may be.
Is my proposal radical?
No.
It is just common sense.
Since all United States vessels are under American law, and the second amendment guarantees the right of all citizens to own and bear arms, why should our sailors be any different?
Especially with self defense against terrorist
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2 comments:
Please don't write articles in big font.
Armed merchant marine can help. The convoy system can help.
What really stops piracy is taking over the base areas. That is how Spain got into Morocco, France got into Algeria, and Italy got into Tunisia.
Summary execution of pirates cuts down on recidivism.
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