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2012-10-23 Africa Horn
Somalia Piracy Falls to Six-Year Low as Guards Defend Ships
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Posted by Fred 2012-10-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top
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#1 I thought armed guards was going to result in baby bunnies and darling duckies killed all over the place as the gun-crazies shot anything that moved?
Posted by Bobby 2012-10-23 06:10||   2012-10-23 06:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Gun control on ships, gun control in Chicago. Always the same excuses to refuse to arm the citizenry. Same escalation in crime. Introduce properly trained armed men with robust authority to act into the population an amazing event occurs. Generally, if a theory is substantiated by repeated similar behavior and outcome its usually considered a law. Unfortunately, scientific law is checked by the priest of the church of law, lawyers and their brethren judges.
Posted by Procopius2k 2012-10-23 08:22||   2012-10-23 08:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Can't say I'm surprised. It's kind of hard to use groups of kiddies to shield yourself in a tiny motorboat.
Posted by Charles 2012-10-23 13:51||   2012-10-23 13:51|| Front Page Top

#4 Count me among the surprised that guards were ever allowed to the degree seen.

Slippery slope sez watch out for the Fat Merchantman with the Harpoon kit.
Posted by Shipman 2012-10-23 15:39||   2012-10-23 15:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Looks like good Pirate Boyz + Best Gal(s) are gonna start experiencing domestic "issues"???
Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-10-23 20:21||   2012-10-23 20:21|| Front Page Top

#6 Yeah, that'll never work...
Posted by tu3031 2012-10-23 21:25||   2012-10-23 21:25|| Front Page Top

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