Carrying on a cruise?

[A-R]

Depending where ship us going, you likely have problems with international law too. I remember when reading about the piracy around Somalia that some international law prohibits possession of arms on non-military boats in international waters - thus the crews on those cargo ships being hijacked are basically defenseless.

What law is that? Everyone I know who takes their own boat into international waters has at least one firearm aboard.

However, most cruise ship do prohibit weapons.

Others have already answered your questions. I was not intending to sound like an authority on the subject. In fact, was only intending to state my vague recollections from news reports I read during the kidnapping of that Maersk Alabama captain last year. The International Maritime Organization is what I was mainly referring to, but seems it's "rules" are more or less suggestions to shipping companies (which most of them follow, by the way) as relates to firearms possession onboard ships creating problems when those ships enter port in various countries that have strict gun control laws. Sort of makes international ships the ultimate "soft target" for terrorists and pirates, which was sort of the point of the myriad stories I read at the time.

So, sorry if I incorrectly overstated the restriction against firearms on boats as "international law". While there likely is no such law, the combination of shipping company rules, IMO rules, and the laws of the various port countries, in effect have the same results as a law banning firearms on ships in international waters ... it really can't be done unless you leave your gun-friendly country and return to your gun friendly country without stopping anywhere else (which sounds like a boring cruise, if you ask me)

[howdy]

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[Chemist45]

I don't know if it is still done, but 30 years ago Norwegian Caribbean Line allowed passengers to shoot skeet of the stern of the boat while at sea.

So some cruise ships had or have shotguns on board.

[Cobra Medic]

Everyone with an internet connection knows the law. Until they're asked to back it up with a cite.

[WildBill]

I don't know if it is still done, but 30 years ago Norwegian Caribbean Line allowed passengers to shoot skeet of the stern of the boat while at sea.
So some cruise ships had or have shotguns on board.

I did this and won a first place trophy. They were very strict handling the shotgun. After each round, a crew member loaded the shotgun and then passed it to the shooter. I believe it was a 20 gauge pump.