On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 18:07:13 -0700, Canuck57
wrote:


Just out of curiosity, if you shot pirates for real, coming at your boat
with loaded weapons and you just brought out the 9mm, AK-47 or
M16...wasted them in international waters.

Can you be arrested and the charges stick?

the way the coast guard defines it is, they have jurisdication over an
american flagged vessel anywhere in the world

and over any vessel in US waters

so if you are an american flagged vessel in international water, the
coast guard will enforce US maritime law