Britain’s aircraft carriers have played a vital role
SIR – Sir Max Hastings never misses an opportunity to have a dig at Britain’s aircraft carriers, most recently in a report about armoured recce vehicles (December 29).
I am uncertain whether Sir Max has ever set foot on an aircraft carrier, but he will recall, as a writer about global conflict, that in the Second World War Germany, Italy and Japan could not have been defeated without the critical contribution of aircraft carriers in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, in every major amphibious landing and, in particular, in the remorseless allied fight across the Pacific.
willing to allow these kids to operate guns? there are places in the country where car culture is an incredibly powerful thing and everyone gets their driver s license at 16 and everyone has an old beat up car they get and they re comparing their cars and all go hang out. we also recognize a car is a dangerous thing and don t give them out willy-nilly to children. interestingly enough, andy fink who i interview in the piece, he has a sports shooting team in boise, idaho. he said, i didn t even set the trap for him, he said on his own accord, i wouldn t get in the car with my own 7-year-old. right. well, okay. that begs the question then, why would you let the 7-year-old have the gun? john frankel, the report will air on real sports with bryant gumbel tomorrow night, 10:00 p.m. eastern on hbo. great piece of work. thanks for coming by. thanks for having me. the cutting edge of the culture wars, this is a new frontier and how it is playing out in statehouses and courthous
can i get a couple scratch-offs? how old are you? you have your i.d.? 13. you re what? 13. you can t get no scratch-off. it s laughable to everyone here. the idea that we d ever expose a 13-year-old to the dangers of a lottery ticket. but then we arrive here. at the gun show. it should shoot pretty good for you. i ll take it. within minutes, the 13-year-old easily and legally bought a .22 caliber rifle from a private seller and walked away with it. joining me now, correspondent behind that hbo real sports report, john frankel. john, what, what that s, i mean, that s the crux of our piece right there. that laws whether you agree with them or not exist that say you can t buy beer, can t buy cigarettes, that you can t buy a lottery ticket which lord knows might really hurt you. and you can t buy pornographic magazines but in many places you can legally go in and buy a gun. let me give you another example.
understand that. what we re talking about is what s the common sense here that you can t operate a deli meat slicer, can t buy a lottery ticket, but why is it that you re willing to allow kids to operate guns? there are places where car culture is a powerball thing and everyone gets their driver s license at 16 and everyone has an old beat up car and they are comparing and all hang out. but we recognize that car is a dangerous thing. interesting enough, one of the gentleman that i interview in the piece and also has a sports shooting team out in boise, idaho, i didn t even set the trap for him. he said on his own acord, i wouldn t get in the car with my own 7-year-old. why would you let the 7-year-old have the gun? john frankel, the report will air tomorrow night at 10:00 p.m. eastern. it s a great piece of work. the cutting edge of the culture war, this is the new frontier.
later he strikes out trying to buy racy magazine. and then lottery tickets. it s laughable to everyone here. the idea that we d ever expose a 13-year-old to the dangers of a lottery ticket. but then we arrive here. at the gun show. it should shoot pretty good for you. i ll take it. within minutes, the 13-year-old easily and legally bought a .22 caliber rifle from a private seller and walked away with it. join iing me now is the correspondent behind that hbo real sports report john frankel. what? that s the crux of our piece right there. laws whether you agree with them or not exist that say you can t buy beer, can t buy cigarette, can t buy a lottery ticket and