[unkus]

How many Americans understand why we set off fire works?

Most “occupants” of this land have no idea.

[KoRn]

"Safety is supposedly the major concern of those who ban our celebratory backyard light-and-noise shows, but their fears are overblown."

.... The government MUST do EVERYTHING it can to keep anyone and everyone from even possibly getting hurt in any way. /barf

I remember when I was a kid, it used to be illegal to use fireworks where I live. We would travel out of state to buy them, and bring them back home and set them off anyway.

[rahbert]

CA is a dry place in the summer. Fire are easy to start and
difficult and expensive to suppress. Idiots will shoot off
bottle rockets into the weeds sending the CDF into action
or into some neighbors roof, destroying the house.

Thats why they have a low tolerance for fireworks. If you want to go make loud noises, take your guns to the range and celebrate your freedom to bear arms. Far more meaningful
on the 4th in my opinion...

[smellmygunpowder]

I use to live in Jersey before the great exodus of indigenous peoples. They have a lot of pine barrens and it gets very dry in the summer. A tender box. There seemed to be forest fires every summer and some to close for comfort. And that was without being started by fireworks. Common sense has to prevail in some places.

[Razz Barry]

This issue is badly distorted by the media. A search of newspapers found over 300 news stories in the last year warning that fireworks could be "deadly" if used improperly. But the facts don't show sparklers and bottle rockets to be much of a public menace. Eleven people died in 2006 from the use of fireworks. The average from 1999 to 2006 was just over six a year.

If people would limit their fireworks use to the holidays it wouldn't bother me. It does, however, when they think they have to shot the d@*# things off every other day. Animals don't understand what the noise is from. As a friend told me, vet bills for a horse torn up by barb wire aren't cheap.

[ASOC]

Hummm - fireworks is fun

Fireworks is dangerous, and in some places illegal. Wanna know why?

On June 2, 1996, a small wildfire was ignited by fireworks in the Miller's Reach, Alaska area. On June 7th the President signed a Disaster Declaration for the Miller's Reach Fire. By June 15th the fire was considered under control. Approximately 37,366 acres burned and 344 structures were destroyed. Luckily, there were no causalities.

I'm thinking fireworks should be left to professionals. But, that's just me.

[bamahead]

Government can protect people from only so much, and if we banned all the products that caused more deaths and injuries than fireworks, there would be virtually nothing left to use.



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[arderkrag]

We have far too many safety mongers on our side to ever change this. Far too many people have bought into the idea that certain things should only be accessible to “professionals” or “experts”.