arming cargo vessels to defend against pirates (this still annoys me)

This issue is really old but for years I can't get over the fact that cargo ships in dangerous waters do not have guns to protect themselves. Normally I can relate to both sides on an issue in politics (to some degree) and it wont bother me as much when things don't go the way I believe it should but I haven't seen a single reason that I find at all legitimate. Pirates target cargo ships because they are unarmed. I is undeniable that a presence of armed personal on cargo ships would correlate to a decrees in pirating incidents. I squirm every time I see diarrheal statements saying violence is not the solution to this problem. I can't even say that it's bullshit because bullshit is more solid and firm, this is weak spineless pacifist weak sauce. Arming ships isn't about killing pirates it the same way arming police officers with guns isn't about killing criminals. It's one thing to say that Somalia needs help to stop the cause of pirating but that still doesn't make arming ships bad. It's like saying the presence of law enforcement is bad because it doesn't fix the economic a social motives of crime. There are other reasons I heard like ports don't allow ships that are armed, or there are arms embargoes. I think the safety of the sailors and the multi-million dollar cargo clearly more important than any of that.

Here's an idea why don't they arrange a legitimate Somoli escort service, it'll a lot to make it work but it'll help Somalians make a decent living while giving ships the protection they deserve.