Novel Way to Repel Pirates
Turns out guns work just fine:
Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama on Wednesday for the second time in seven months, though private guards on board the U.S.-flagged ship repelled the attack with gunfire and a high-decibel noise device.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:47 am
“high decibel noise device?” I’d say an AR15 is pretty high decibel.
November 18th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Is not the conventional (anti-gun) wisdom is that pirates react in greater force than what is presented at them? I have heard that they will come back with bigger guns, although I have never seen this theory proven by reality.
November 18th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
No, the AR15 isn’t a high-deicbel noise device.
The M2HB .50 caliber heavy machine gun, now that’s a high-decibel noise device!
And when you’re talking Somali pirates, they would probably be even worse shots with “bigger guns.”
November 18th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
Imagine that!
Seagoing criminals react to spirited armed defense pretty much the same as landlubbing criminals.
Who knew? 😉
November 18th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
An Iowa-class man of war, with a bone in her teeth, demonstrating off your coast–now that’s a high-decibel noise device!
November 18th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
An elegant 18th century solution to a 21st century problem. Kick ass!
November 18th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
I wonder what’s louder, a Ma Deuce or a TOW?
November 18th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
[…] Why pirates don’t screw around with me […]
Right and ready, since 2000.
November 18th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
Caleb beat me to it, but I’d prefer a .50 BMG, or at least a 30 cal MG. Lather, rinse, repeat until all signs of pirate boat disappear and are replaced by sharks looking for more.
November 18th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
Who knew? I mean besides all the sane people.
November 18th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
Guns repel pirates? I think this post is in need of the “unpossible” tag.
November 18th, 2009 at 11:01 pm
““high decibel noise device?” I’d say an AR15 is pretty high decibel.”
My feelings exactly. Only it should have been from a Ma-Duce.
And as Henry Fonda said in, “Once Upon a Time in The West”, “People scare better when they are dieing.” And that’s how to deal with pirates.