Many localities ban fireworks claiming fire and personal safety reasons. Most don't allow them in city limits. Our city allows them anywhere including within city limits, but only certain times of the year. Your opinion? Multiple choice.
Many localities ban fireworks claiming fire and personal safety reasons. Most don't allow them in city limits. Our city allows them anywhere including within city limits, but only certain times of the year. Your opinion? Multiple choice.
Have you noticed how much fireworks cost now?! We have a bunch of people including kids coming over after the public fireworks display in the bay and I doubt you'd even believe how much fireworks for all the kids cost.
While buying them, some mother sat in her car after giving her kid $5 to buy some fireworks. $5 won't buy jackXXXX now, and the little boy was trying to figure anything he could buy at all - plus having to do the math for "half price" (ie 2 for 1 or half price.) Maybe a pack those super cheap sparklers and a tiny pack of firecrackers?
My wife, a sucker for little kids, told him we had gotten more than we need of the piles of stuff we bought, giving him one of those little collective packs that has a little of everything. Not one of those $100 ($200 before 1/2), but one of those that is $20 after the 1/2 of $39.95. Made his day! Not to complain too much of the Mom, though, she was driving a really beat up old car and had a baby in a car seat.
It is fun watching a kid with a $20 try to figure out what he/she can get with it. I mean, for that kid, that's SERIOUS decisions! And probably a good lesson in money too. The 4th of July can be a very special night for a kid - getting to do something unlike anything else.
This should be decided at the local and state level. In some places, such as cities and in dry climates, civilians' shooting off fireworks is dangerous. In other places, it's not as bad as long as you're not drunk and you know what you're doing.
It would be really interesting to watch him try to do some first aid on himself and some other kids after those fireworks blew up in their face.
I will say though that while we were setting off our safe and sane fireworks last night, the place was like a warzone, there were *THOUSANDS* of illegal fireworks being shot off all around us. It was really kind of ridiculous.
No, they should be legal for purchase and use. I would support city ordinances that limit how late they can be shot off though.
OMG DANGER! DANGER! .Inexperienced people with fireworks is dangerous everywhere.
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