Originally Posted by Yin717

You've got to be kidden me! That is just ridiculous! And I thought Somalia was trying to reduce the threat? Surely the best place to start is with nothing for them to hunt? By the way, did you see at the right the special offers? REAL PIRATES! It's like it's part of the tour.

"And our next stop people will be to be overrun by pirates. Pleases have your wallets and purses at the ready, it's going to be a bumpy ride!"

lol.

EDIT: After a better look at the site.....is this a joke site or something? They seem to be advertising an attack by pirates.

Even though THIS site seems like a fake one to me, there IS at least one company who really offers cruises with the sole purpose of being attacked by pirates. In the end, it goes down to hunting human beings legally (bc they try to hijack your ship): you can rent anything from AKs to Grenade Launchers and .50 cal MGs, and if things don't work out so well, there are former SpezNas-soldiers on board to deal with whoever showed up and tried to hijack the ship.
As soon as I succeeded in digging up the article I read about this, I'll post a link as proof..

Please hurry up with that I wanna see it

Originally Posted by Moloch

Even though THIS site seems like a fake one to me, there IS at least one company who really offers cruises with the sole purpose of being attacked by pirates. In the end, it goes down to hunting human beings legally (bc they try to hijack your ship): you can rent anything from AKs to Grenade Launchers and .50 cal MGs, and if things don't work out so well, there are former SpezNas-soldiers on board to deal with whoever showed up and tried to hijack the ship.
As soon as I succeeded in digging up the article I read about this, I'll post a link as proof..

Nobody would ever let a civilian touch a 50 cal or a grenade launcher.

Blackwater?

Thats PMC, not off the street joes.....

As far as I know, when demand for personnel went up and it couldn't be met by properly qualified individuals, they started hiring Joes off the street. You know, the security guard types.
Either way, they are civilian.
You can train civilians in a short amount of time on how to properly use and maintain a .50 and a 203. The stuff isn't magic. Give a crew one week's intensive training. They will be reasonably competent in defending themselves against pirates.
I'm not a big fan of civilians but they're not all screw ups and morons. In fact...

Really sorry but I can't find that article anymore, was summer or fall of last year when I read about it and that news agency only keeps the stuff of the last 2 months online...

Nobody would ever let a civilian touch a 50 cal or a grenade launcher.

Big_Z go see Mohawks they sell both to any Civilian who has $$$$$ no questions asked.

Plus your statement is not true. Just giving you the Facts not ditching you in anyway.

In many cases All you need is a Intro course and your ready to go~~~~~~~~~~~~~X

Also depends what Country.

Originally Posted by Big_Z

Nobody would ever let a civilian touch a 50 cal or a grenade launcher.

That's because a grenade launcher is anti-personnel, and a 50 cal is a anti-aircraft cannon.
But civilians CAN get a 50 cal, I have one for hunting deer, its a muzzle loader but its 2 years old, and I'd hate to see what a human would look like if a slug from that baby hit em. Hittin a deer is bad enough.

Yeah I saw folks selling what looked like a Barret M82 at a gunshow a few while ago.