i think fireworks are dangerous and should be banned?

Question

im not against organised firework displays but the pushing of fireworks to children..im sure all old age pensioners are so looking forward to todays date when fireworks go on general sale to the public..

Answer 1

i don't think they should be banned but they should NOT be sold to anyone under 18, and ID cards should be issued if anyone wants them...these days kids manage to get them from local corner shops...plus there are some evil bastards out there (yes i mean kids) who harm animals with them, i lost a cat last year though fireworks, he was i injured so bad that i had to have him put down, i was devestated... adults should be the ones to take control of the fireworks AND their kids and not allow any of them to even light a firework let alone buy one....last night i could hear fireworks being set off, a bunch of kids were in the park mucking about...my cats go over to that park sometimes, so now i have to keep them indoors because the kids who hang out there are all scum....same gang as last year...so i think adults should take control...and the people who sell them should be charged if they are caught selling them to anyone under 18.....bonfire night is meant to be fun, but these days it's turning into a joke...and i don't mean i funny joke...i mean a pathetic joke

Answer 2

Firstly I adore fireworks but having been involved in an organised display where a member of the public threw a firework into the crowd I feel that we must tighten the controls over sale of fireworks. The person who threw the firework at the display IO was at has no clue as to the terrible injury a member of the public suffered on that night or the total terror her children experienced seeing their mummy injured in such an appalling way. If you look a the sale of fireworks in other parts of the world
then I agree that the UK is acting responsibly, however the cat
of fireworks on general sale is the issue here - restrictions on the larger cakes should become tighter leaving the general public the option of purchasing smaller varieties of firework. You MUST
remember that Fireworks are fun BUT they are also Gunpowder
- an explosive - and the trouble is many people forget this. I may sound an old fart but trust me what I saw that night changed my opinion.

Answer 3

I quite agree they should be banned etc, but the yobs will always get them whether you like it or not no matter what you do to stop them, so the O.A.Ps, animals and young children will still be subject to the frightening effects of uncontrolled use of fireworks. Don't forget that no sooner is Guy Fawkes night over than there are a couple of quasi religious festivals soon afterwards and then Christmas and the New Year, so you'll just have to put up with it - fireworks all the time from now (actually they started round here a week or more ago) until the start of 2007 - Happy New Year!

Answer 4

I’m sure the older folk don’t appreciate youngsters with fireworks throwing them around at all hours day and night, but where I live (Spain) children have respect for fireworks. In March we have a fiesta called fallas where the children build papier-mâché sculptures which are set alight using fireworks (in and out of school) for around three days, children are encouraged to light and handle fireworks from a young age (I have seen children as young as two with them) and to enjoy them without getting hurt or injuring others, fireworks in the wrong hands can be very dangerous but with the right guidelines and safety they can be very enjoyable.

Answer 5

Oh it extremely is often extremely effortless to respond to three idiots by using asserting that despite they have been doing must be banned. That looks the way we are doing issues those days yet even although I have not any time for fireworks I definitely have lss time for a ban. i think of the present legislations proscribing the kind of days or perhaps weeks as much as and after bonfire night they are able for use is sufficient attention for uncomplicated souls who used to dread the each year 8 week blast of those issues! Bans in this or that have in no way worked; the ban on weapons have not stopped criminals from using them, nor that on drugs, and the smoking ban has in basic terms succeeded in remaining pubs.

Answer 6

I also think the time has come to ban sales of certain fireworks or at least drastically reduce the sale of certain types sold individually. Where I live kids start from the day they go on sale - buying just rockets and firing them across the street at people. We also have the loud mortar types going off at 2 or 3am most days. If the retailers stuck to selling mixed family boxes for those genuinely wanting some in the garden for the kids and leave the bigger ones to organized diplays.

Answer 7

Fireworks are dangerous unless at a really well organised Firework Display. I am disabled and walking aided by a stick means I walk very slowly. Last November 5 th whilst walking to my local shop I had several loud "bangers " thrown at me , one just missed my face before it exploded . I am by no means a wimp but I was really shaken.The boys just ran off laughing but the shopkeeper came to my assistance, helped me get the shopping I needed and then took me home.

Answer 8

Fireworks are not that very dangerous than that of the modern inventions like , planes , trains, cars, etc, etc. The traditional fireworks of India is being followed for more than 600 years and not many tragic events have resulted. It is todays no place to play houses like flats which are solely responsible for all the harmful things that are taking place. Probabily the government can insists on the people to go to open grounds and enjoy the fireworks. The closed rooms of the modern buildings result in booming sound and fire prone environment.

Answer 9

I do agree, I believe that they should be banned to the general public. Instead there should be more organised displays, the government, council etc can get the money from people attending these displays instead of the sale of fireworks.

Answer 10

i think if its one of these big displays they have it's ok but i do not think they should be sold the the general public. i love to see fireworks as they are so pretty but i always worry about my cats at this time of year and dont like to let them out, what with kids managing to get they're hands on them and i've heard so many stories of them being strapped to animals and set off. every year the papers report kids getting hurt by them and i dont think they should be on sale.