ARMY cadets in Plymouth have been banned from carrying rifles in public just days before they were due to take part in a Remembrance festival. (The Herald) Yes, I did carry a rifle before I was eighteen years of age — for a year. Along with my fellow members of the Air Training Corps (ATC) I also learned how to assemble a Bren gun and recognize enemy aircraft from their silhouettes (Second World War Focke-Wulfs and Messerschmitts from our new allies the Germans, because those were the only flash cards available).