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Originally Posted by orangebird
It's got to the point with me where (unless the person injured was a complete and utter innocent bystander), I have absolutely no sympathy whatsoever for people who get injured by fireworks.
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I agree - don't play with fire unless you know what you are doing.
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Originally Posted by orangebird
Ban selling them to the general public, I reckon. Trying to have a quiet cosy night in on saturday was completely ruined by retards who think letting off fireworks on any other night than 5th Nov or NYE is big and clever...  |
For once we disagree
Firstly it is common for some religions to celebrate certain festivals with fireworks, and I have n o issue with that (as long as it is not at one in the morning)
Secondly, having a firework display on the 5th is ok - but if it is a weeknight, I would rather do it the weekend before/after, as this is more sociable.
I often help my old next door neighbour to run a small diaplsy in my old street - his firm buys the fireworks and to or three of us run the show ond set them off.
It is done at the local football club, and safety is a major concern.
We have never had an injury, and everyone enjoys the evening.
why should we be stopped from doing this just because some oiks want to throw bangers at each other ?
Like anything else - fireworks are relatively safe when handled properly (bound to be the odd dud made in the millions).
I'm sure we had a discussion about this last year, and I think that the best way would be to only sell them to people who are licensed to use them - meaning that people who want to can go and prove that they can handle them safely.
I am not assuming that because they are licensed they will behave correctly (after all - Michael Ryan had a shooting license) but at least there will be some measure of control.
Break the rules - lose you license (as well as any other criminal charges) and never be able to buy fireworks again.
As ever - just my 2c.