Firearms On Cruise Ships
Firearms ammunition knives including dive knives swords daggers or any other types of weapons are not allowed on board under any circumstances.
Firearms on cruise ships. For the safety of our Guests Disney Cruise Line has a Zero Weapons Policy. A Celebrity Cruises passenger from Wisconsin faces up to 10 years in a Cayman Islands prison after a gun and six rounds of ammunition were found in her luggage the Milwaukee Journal. Cruise ships are perfectly safe in my opinion as is Disney but bad things can happen.
So if you have a pocket knife that you carry everywhere you can actually bring it with you on the cruise. They can make arrangements with the Sheriff for safe keeping. Carnival Cruise Line prohibits weapons illegal drugs and certain items that could interfere with the safe operation of its ships or compromise the safety and secure environment of its guests and crew.
More commonly this device and others of similar design have been used to disperse protesters and rioters in crowd control efforts. This however is only true in international waters. As stated dont take your gun aboard the ship and Mexico will throw you into one of their famous prisons if they find it.
I wound up leaving mine locked in my home safe. The international Maritime Organization IMO has no authority to regulate the use of guns on these foreign flagged ship. Knives are no longer allowed even if under 4 inches.
As a general rule of thumb the easiest way to avoid any legal problems with carrying a firearm on board a vessel does not have a firearm on a vessel. If you take it see if the Port Police or LAPD will lock it up for you until you get back. Only those looking to get violated in various ways have taken to the seas without weapons for the last few thousand years.
The laws regarding armed guards on cruise ships have been relaxed in recent years but remain complex depending on the ships flag state and other international legislation. I dont do cruises. So if you had in mind can you take a can of mace on board the answer on most cruise lines is a strict no.
