'I'm losing my mind': Bay Area residents report nonstop fireworks

San Francisco Chronicle / sfgate.com ^ | Updated 10:16 am PDT, Wednesday, June 24, 2020 | By Amy Graff, SFGATE

[eaglestar]

Pellets mark your targets. I prefer the Sheridan air rifle.

[ThanhPhero]

Fireworks have been used historically to mask gunfire. Incessant fireworks get the people inured to the sounds and no one will report gunshots heard. The fireworks are not for that purpose but neither were the fireworks in Huế in '68.

[Tunehead54]

Wonder also if this is something coordinated. All over. Many cities.

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Let me help: "Wonder also if tThis is something coordinated. All over. Many cities."

Always glad to help. ;-)

[Tunehead54]

Then there's this - Yes, the fireworks are part of the evil plan to destroy America

Ping for Nully

[bert]

Oh the humanatee........ a rescue dog seems to cower in fear of fire works. the fear is projected from the cowardly pissed off rescuer to the rescued.

It’s San Francisco where a great earth quake is sorely needed to shake things up

[chicken99cents]

Good morning everyone. Philly girl here. Last night was also the first night that the fireworks slowed down. The past 3 weeks have been intolerable for every neighborhood including the suburbs. I live two blocks from a lovely historic park by the Delaware River and it is heartbreaking to see the destruction these fireworks maniacs have wrought to a beautiful green space. Litter every square inch. I imagine that even our moronic city council critters are fatigued from having interrupted sleep and the police may be cracking down. And before you tell me that we deserve it for being a liberal city I can assure you that there are plenty of hard working, law abiding conservatives here who are under siege and plotting there way out. I know that I am one. Fireworks are just one more reason to get outta Dodge because it’s never going to end as long as the new law stands making it legal to purchase them.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

If the losers foolishly decide to attack American neighborhoods, then they will be defeated easily.

They will be green-lighting themselves and we will finally be able to take care of business.

[1Old Pro]

Lawlessness in Democrat cities. Even in the 66th largest market, the capital of NY, Albany, the night shootings and murders are skyrocketing. And unlike getting Covid, none of the murder victims recover.

[JCL3]

8 million cameras in NYC and no one can get pics of who’s setting these things off?
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Plus ShotSpotter and available drone grids can be used.
Perhaps the perps are already recorded and logged for later pickup and packaging.

The OLD version of the Boy Scouts motto “Be Prepared” is still good advice.

[precisionshootist]

" I don’t think there is much as far as commercial grade fireworks being set off. Most of them need mortar type tubes to fire them and by now would have ended in at least a few BLM types (idiots) blowing themselves up. They are also not for sale to the general public. I think these are just nitwits setting off normal class C fireworks. They were actually using aerial mortars in Portland three weeks ago in the riots there. They were firing them at the courthouse. https://www.kptv.com/news/dozens-of-people-arrested-in-saturday-night-protests-portland-police-say/article_7c16987a-a334-11ea-a277-e7b7d7da09aa.html "

You need a federal explosives license to get your hands on commercial grade fireworks. The requirements include a location to store fireworks before they are used and interviews from BATFE agents before you can get a license. I'm pretty sure BLM would not not qualify to say the least as I don't they could convince anyone they are putting on legitimate fireworks shows.

I read the article and it just says "aerial mortars". That doesn't really mean anything. At this point unless we see evidence then it's safe to say these are just consumer fireworks being used for vandalism.

What I don't think people understand here is fireworks used in public displays are "explosives" and they are very controlled for obvious reasons. I'm sure some slip through the cracks here and there but it's quite rare I'm sure.

[stillfree?]

It’s happening in my little town on the edge of Orange County, CA.