Reply #27: There is no reason I know of not to arm them. It has been done before [View All]

[Stinky The Clown]

I suspect they're unarmed simply because there hasn't been much need for it since the end of WWII.

They might do well to follow old WWII Liberty Ship practice and put a few low angle gun tubs on wings port and starboard and make sure the tubs are armor plated.

I think there may be a bigger diplomatic (as opposed to legal) issue to consider. Who mans the guns? If they're manned by official government personnel, would their firing on, say, Somalis, be grounds for the act being considered an Act of War? I don't know. I'm asking.