I dunno if you guys were listening whenever I said, you don't have lethal weapons, a taser is what you would have, not a rifle, or a sword. EVen if you did have them it would be forced you carry a taser instead of a sword or rifle. That stuff is like, in case of a riot breaking out. 

Edit: Also, there are a total of twenty people (including all of you) on the ship, the others are more or less coming and going as they please so the population can grow and drop as it pleases. The station isn't seven miles long, it is still really small as it is a test ship until they build larger versions.