Subscribe to RSS feedPoll finds 45% of crew want to carry a gun
NEARLY half of UK and Dutch seafarers believe they should be allowed in principle to carry guns in the face of the pirate threat, according to an online poll conducted by the officer-dominated Anglo-Dutch maritime union Nautilus International.
The vote appears to be a show a dramatic hardening of attitudes in recent years, particularly since the explosion of piracy in Somalia, Nigeria and some other countries.
Resolutions to the same effect have been debated at conferences of...
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