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You are probably right. The only argument against that I can think of is that, unlike airplanes and boats, spaceships are pressurized in the opposite direction. A bullet hitting the hull of a plane or boat will have some of its force countered by the pressure of the external fluid, while a...

In Elizabeth Moon's Vatta series she points out that, guns inside a spaceship are a dumb idea, bullets have a far higher chance of popping the envelope or ricocheting and destroying essential equipment. Instead she has her people (who at the time lack access to higher tech weapons) outfit...