Shoot them in the head. Whats the problem, I don't see how the
pirates should beable to get with in a 1000 yards.

Being military trained, give me a rife (50cal) and the pirates would
get one chance not to get within a 1000 yard range. I can't see how
hard this is, yes I saw the news reports were the ships carry oil and
other flamable material and worry about fire arms aboard ship , but if
your going in area waters where this has happened 50 times this year.
where is the commen sense?

Yes I'm more then willing to join a crew at this time just to deal
with this problem.