Do you agree with the description below, regarding armed merchant ships?

I think Somalians are a big problem, its in our best interest to kill them off, especially if they're stealing oil and other important resources from us or our allies. I think at the very least we should be arming merchant ships, if not actively hunting them down and eliminating them. In open waters, with authority from a well developed country to defend themselves so the coast guard doesn't have to, I don't see much red tape for them to cut through.