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Originally Posted by Simpler=Better
Sound advice 
I am surprised that they don't carry at least a few rifles...$5,000 in arms per ship would be saving millions in goods |
I suspect there's a very good reason or two why the ship's crew in unarmed.
In the past there have been few if any injuries and I haven't read of a death. The insurers pay the ransom and the ship and it's crew and cargo go their way.
Read up on why these piracies started.