fireworks you all agreed to banning public use?

Question

well its November the 3rd not yet bonfire night and while I sit here there are fireworks going off all around me out doors.
How can we get the british govenment to ban them for puplic use,
they should no longer be available for joe public to set off at all.

the thin is how can we protect our pets from them if people set them off ant night they feel like it instead of on November the 5th. I'm not mean or have a phobia but it gets to the point that enoughs a enough as they are set off for hours at a time, you try getting the kids to sleep that don't like the noise of fireworks.

Answer 1

I agree - or at least only sell to people who have had training and hold a license of some sort.
Too many teens running around with bangers.

Answer 2

At last a person after my own heart! I am sitting here and the family living next door but one have started. Its the same old every year, they just can't wait. Any occasion whatsoever! I have a heart condition and I don't need fireworks landing in my garden all the time. Why people can't just go to an organised display beats me. I know its them because they even have a 'explosives on board' sign on the back of thier van. I even have a suspicion that the family may be involved in the firework making business as every year they seem to insist on bigger and louder bangs. Who started this 'tradition' of fireworks in gardens on new year's eve aswell? I am trying to sleep!
I wish that they didn't have areas in supermarkets these days selling them. They should be a luxury, once a year thing, and if you can't go to one on that night, then tough, wait til next year!

Of course we'll probably never get rid of it completely, I'm sure the government won't lift a finger to change anything, because it would be seen as ruining the plebs entertainment. They probably get too much income from it to ban it altogether, but when you think about it, it also ties up the emergency services and hospitals

Maybe we should all sign an online petition, I would sign definitely
Nice talking to someone sane!

Answer 3

yep, as you say its only the 3rd of Nov an fireworks are being let off, they have been here since the weekend, Fireworks should not be sold to the public anymore, as like most things shopkeepers shouldn't sell to kids, there are some that do many a child is injured by fireworks,every year, no longer does the government show the firework advert that was shown when i was a kid warning of the dangers of playing or going near fireworks, its time that fireworks where for organised displays only,

Answer 4

I agree. What was once a brief irritant around 5th November has now grow to be a 300 and sixty 5 days around situation, with maximum of distinctive ethnic communities spreading celebrations over various days to mark greater than a number of fairs. This constitutes a nuisance to neighbours and to animals, to boot as a ability probability to those dealing with the fireworks. in possibility of sounding like a killjoy, i might ban their sale to the customary public.

Answer 5

I'm not against the sale of fireworks for public use, because the people who use them irresponsibly are just the sort of morons who, if they couldn't legally buy safe, tested fireworks from a reputable shop, would go down the market and buy dodgy, illegal dangerous fireworks off the seedy "geezers" down there - and you'd end up with far more cases of people being injured or killed by fireworks.

Lets face it, idiots want to make a noise, they'll find a way of doing it legal or not! Making things illegal never stopped people from doing them!

Answer 6

People have been trying for years to get them banned,but as you can see nothing has been done.
I have had to put up with fireworks going off since eid and hindu festivals a fortnight ago.
What we need is an independent survey done,the whole country should voice their opinion.
I for one,would sign it as they are extremely dangerous,my children don't like them and they are a nuisance.
I don't think any politition would consider doing anything until one of their children were maimed or killed by a firework.
Something does need to be done,and i think if the people of Britain cried out in one voice,they might look up and listen.

Answer 7

Many, many years ago when I was a teenager, we used to laugh about putting a "banger" through someones letterbox. At that time the consequences of such an action meant it never happened. Society has changed, not fireworks. If you want to ban something choose parents who show no responsibility the right to breed.

Answer 8

I agree that fireworks should be stopped from sale in shops.
Organised firework displays are far safer and much better value. Every year we hear about people getting hurt and burnt by careless use of fireworks.
OK so it will not stop all accidents from happening but it will cut down on a lot.
As long as they sell fireworks in shops children will carry on getting hurt from careless use.

I love fireworks but will only take my children to organised events, call me boring I don't care, at least I am taking a responsible approach.

Answer 9

You can ban it all you want. You can make it unlawful. You can forbid people from buying them where you live...this has been done where I live and guess what? The morons go and buy them somewhere else, transport them, give them to the kiddies and BANG! The police hardly think bugging people about fireworks is up there with all the other laws they cannot enforce and guess what.the police have the best fireworks...it is an unenforceable law. You cannot fix stupid.

Answer 10

Well then why not just ban them altogether? U cant hav 2 sets of rules. People will go on abusing them so perhaps an outright ban would be better

Answer 11

Well said. Get a petition going and I'l be the first ti sign. I've got to send the kids to the grandparents' tomorrow because it's like the blitz round here and they get terrified. Ban them now.