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| Are Fireworks Evil?; What do you think? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 3 2006, 01:15 AM (920 Views) | |
| BlueMolly2009 | Jul 3 2006, 01:15 AM Post #1 |
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Here in New York, fireworks (except for the professional ones) are illegal, yet people still set them off. They even set them off in a public area, like tonight some people were set them off at this little park/fountain area near me. I could hear them laughing and setting them off. Why can't people just go to the professional fireworks displays? It just seems like people have no brains. I mean I remember as a kid my parents would buy those snakes and sparklers, but I'm talking people setting off bottle rockets and M80s (or whatever they're called). Do you think people who set off firecrackers are dumb for not following the law? |
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| maccascruff | Jul 3 2006, 01:18 AM Post #2 |
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They are where I live because we are in a major drought and will face a serious fine and probably lawsuits if they start a fire which burns down houses, forests and kills Bambi. |
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| Deleted User | Jul 3 2006, 01:36 AM Post #3 |
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I think they should be legalized here in the US. However after seeing what happened at the Station Nightclub here in RI, I am very nervous around them. |
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| BlueMolly2009 | Jul 3 2006, 02:13 AM Post #4 |
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I don't think it should be legalized, I think all states should ban the unprofessional use of fireworks/firecrackers. People get hurt from them because they don't know what they're doing. I know that on a news story they showed a person who works in an ER saying that they get more people coming in with burns and other fireworks/firecracker injuries around this time. As I said if you want to see things blow up go to a professional fireworks display, like the great one they have in Boston every year. |
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| Deleted User | Jul 3 2006, 02:18 AM Post #5 |
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I can see your point, however in this country I can shoot a gun but not a roman candle. Doesn't seem right to me. |
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| BlueMolly2009 | Jul 3 2006, 02:47 AM Post #6 |
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I know a gun can cause damage, but a bottle rocket can cause a heck of a lot more damage. They can burn people severely, if some of the firecrackers lands on a structure, it can cause fires and so on. |
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| FamousGroupie | Jul 3 2006, 06:44 AM Post #7 |
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Are you serious? Bottle rockets cause more damage than guns? I have personally never heard of anybody being shot in the head with a bottle rocket.
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| mozart8mytoe | Jul 3 2006, 06:49 AM Post #8 |
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Personally, I like watching things explode. In the late '90s we used to blame teenage sex on President Clinton and his escapades. Maybe now, just to be fair and balanced, we should blame people blowing things up on President Bush and his escapades.
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| maccascruff | Jul 3 2006, 02:12 PM Post #9 |
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And people with guns kill. Fireworks cause too many fires and with the drought here, they are having a no tolerance attitude here this year. Can't even have a campfire if you are camping in the mountains. Too dangerous and the entire mountainside might go up in flames. |
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| ~LovelyRita~ | Jul 3 2006, 02:21 PM Post #10 |
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I think that weak fireworks such as bottle rockets and the like should be legal. If people want to use them they simply need to exercise a lot of caution. I've lit many sparklers in my childhood and managed to avoid injury. Powerful fireworks are illegal here, and rightfully so. They should be left to the professionals. If you are concerned about you or your children getting injured by fireworks then don't use them! I can understand making them illegal if there is a drought, but under normal circumstances I think weak fireworks should remain legal. |
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| Kit_Kat | Jul 3 2006, 02:26 PM Post #11 |
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I think fireworks are evil in the wrong hands but at an organized event they can be truly beautiful and a spectacle to watch
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| modgirl1964 | Jul 3 2006, 02:36 PM Post #12 |
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Hell yeah!! Seriously though, it's only the idiots that do the harm with them. For years my stepfather would set off the illegal fireworks and there was no harm (only one Roman Candle that had a mind of it's own and riccochet off of our nieghbor's garage and went down the street for almost two blocks, we all thought that was sweet), because we knew how to handle the fireworks. Yeah if you're being drunk and stupid, then you shouldn't use them. But just because there's a few idoits out in this world doesn't mean that everyone's going be like that. Fireworks can be fun and everyone should enjoy them, just be responsible with them. As Thomas Jefferson once said, "let the fourth be celebrated with song, fireworks, and indpenece." Hey, Tom Jefferson said it, it's good enough for me! |
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| Deleted User | Jul 3 2006, 03:43 PM Post #13 |
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As a person who shot off illegal fireworks this weekend, I say they rock! These were seriously illegal, as in not allowed in the country illegal. |
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| modgirl1964 | Jul 3 2006, 03:46 PM Post #14 |
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What the hell were you shooting off?! And where was my invite man?! |
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| Deleted User | Jul 3 2006, 03:51 PM Post #15 |
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Yeah, what were you shooting off? |
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| BeatleBarb | Jul 3 2006, 04:04 PM Post #16 |
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No....only people are evil. Keep the drunks away and the hoses out and you'll be ok, if the're legal where you live! |
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| Deleted User | Jul 3 2006, 04:36 PM Post #17 |
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My uncle brought them up from the hollers of south east Kentucky. They looked like the standard mortar shells you drop into a tube, except when they shot up in the air and went "boom" the f*ckers went "BOOM!!!!!!" And they lit up the sky with a giant flash! Without a doubt the loudest report I've ever heard. It made the old M-80's sound like lady fingers! And Bridget, you never need an invite, sis, just come on down! Same time and place next year!
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| waitingforatrim | Jul 3 2006, 04:55 PM Post #18 |
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Are those the shells you place into the heavy cardboard pipe and then light the wick? I've used those before...they're cool, dude!!
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| modgirl1964 | Jul 3 2006, 04:58 PM Post #19 |
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Oh yeah, I'm coming down next year! Sick of the wussy ones that we got up here! I'll bring the Newcastle! |
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| Deleted User | Jul 3 2006, 05:11 PM Post #20 |
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Hell yeah, they're cool! And we had $400.00 worth of those things! Plus the standard pyro faire: bottle rockets, roman candles, firecrackers, sparklers, etc. We blew A LOT of sh*t up! All under close and careful supervision, of course! :lol:
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| Deleted User | Jul 3 2006, 05:12 PM Post #21 |
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It's a date! (Well, a date to the extent which my wife will allow!) :lol: |
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| BlueMolly2009 | Jul 3 2006, 05:31 PM Post #22 |
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First off, my anlaogy (sp) with the guns maybe was off a bit, sorry about that. Guns ARE more dangerous. I just think some people shouldn't be shooting off fire crackers, period. They are unstable and can easily cause injury. People should only go to those professional fireworks shows. Why risk injury? |
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| Deleted User | Jul 3 2006, 06:07 PM Post #23 |
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I can understand your concern but I am tired of living in a society that seems to be scared of everything. When I was a kid you could light off fireworks, hell we could ride our bicycles without helmuts, sit in the front seat, and didn't even have to wear our seatbelts. I know many of these things were changed for our safety but our safety from who? The drunks and irresponsible people who still do what they want. Oh and by the way if they were legal everywhere the government could regulate it better and provide standards to make them less unstable. Kill the black market on them at the same time making some tax money. |
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| waitingforatrim | Jul 3 2006, 06:11 PM Post #24 |
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I see no reason why an adult, under proper conditions and without the help of alcohol, shouldn't be able to shoot of fireworks as long as proper care is taken. Always have a bucket or buckets of water available as well as a fire extinguisher, make sure younger children are kept a safe distance from the fireworks, no loose clothing should be worn by the person actually lighting the fireworks. "Why risk injury?" you ask? Why get behind the wheel of an automobile? Why climb onboard a plane? Why go swimming in the ocean? With every day of our lives, we risk injury several times a day! There comes a point where we become responsible enough adults that we can accomplish these things without injuring ourselves. It would be a pretty boring life indeed if we stayed inside our shell and didn't do anything because of the chance of injury. |
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| ogoble | Jul 3 2006, 06:25 PM Post #25 |
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:angry: The prices of them are evil. I spent $75 on some near the Florida state line yesterday...and I have more to buy today! :hmm: |
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| waitingforatrim | Jul 3 2006, 06:51 PM Post #26 |
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You can buy just about anything you want up here, but they make you sign a piece of paper that states you won't shoot them off in the state of Indiana!!
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| modgirl1964 | Jul 3 2006, 07:10 PM Post #27 |
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Exactly!! Great point Tim! I'm with Tony too, too many people are just getting whisy washy about some of the greatest things in life, having fun! It's like what used to be a simple pleasure on a holiday like this is now something "bad" to do. Lighten up folks, do you guys not know how to have fun?! Blowing up sh*t is FUN! Just do it carefully, of course.... |
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| waitingforatrim | Jul 3 2006, 07:23 PM Post #28 |
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Thanks, Bridget!! I speak from experience about having the bucket of water, it came in handy one year. Being prepared is the key, I think!! Have a GREAT 4th...please be safe!
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| Deleted User | Jul 3 2006, 07:36 PM Post #29 |
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Actually, they changed that law just this year! Now you only have to prove you're over 18. |
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| ogoble | Jul 3 2006, 07:49 PM Post #30 |
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| waitingforatrim | Jul 3 2006, 07:50 PM Post #31 |
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Cool!! Chad, do you think I'd have a hard time proving that I'm over 18?? :wacko: |
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| BlueMolly2009 | Jul 3 2006, 09:59 PM Post #32 |
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I guess people want to blow their arms and other limbs off with ILLEGAL fireworks. So you'd rather get arrested for blowing them up? Is that what you want? Why can't people just go to fireworks displays? Oh I guess it's funner (is that a word?) to blow them up yourselves. |
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| JeffLynnesBeard | Jul 3 2006, 10:12 PM Post #33 |
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I basically agree with Tim - fireworks are fine & should be legal as long as they're used responsibly and I would favour a method of applying for a one off, very cheap license from your local authority to do so. In England, it's too common for them to get into the hands of kids via irresponsible retaillers and this should definitely stop. I also think that part of being responsible is to inform your neighbours when you're going to have a firework display so that they can care for any pets which may be disturbed by the loud noises as it can terrify some more sensitive animals. I think organised displays are the safest way to enjoy fireworks, but if responisble citizens wish to organise their own displays then they should be allowed to do so. |
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| modgirl1964 | Jul 3 2006, 10:40 PM Post #34 |
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Molly, let me ask you this, do you have fun in your life? I'm not trying to make a personal attack here or anything, but just trying to see where you're coming from. Ok, those of us who said we like to set them off also said that we are responsable adults who are aware of the effects of fireworks and know the safety awareness of them. We are NOT using these fireworks as necular warfare, we are NOT aiming to get arrested (half the time the cops could care less). I have never seen anyone harmed from fireworks. You make this sound like that people are always harmed when fireworks are used, let me stress this to you, it's the drunk idiots who you always read or hear about getting hurt, not those, like Chad, Tim, and myself, who are careful with such things. So just relax, we're not asking YOU to set them off. |
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| HGentile | Jul 3 2006, 10:43 PM Post #35 |
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I agree with what most others have said. I think you should be able to light fireworks, but of course have safety precautions. For me, I would much rather have a group of friends at a house doing this than going to the shows for several reasons. They are usually way overcrowded and there are always fights between all the drunk people there and usually a ton of kids that are out of line and not being monitored properly by their parents. This may not be how it is for other places, but where I live it is. Also as mentioned before we do risky things everday of our life, why is this any different? Take the necessary precaution and enjoy yourself. Could you imagine the countless threads if we all started listing things that are potentially dangerous? Nobody gets fireworks anticipating a large explosion will take place injuring people. Accidents happen, and usually when people are careless. |
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| MaccasGirl | Jul 3 2006, 10:56 PM Post #36 |
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I'm in agreement with Andy and Tim. If people are responsible and sober, then they should be able to have their own fireworks. It's illegal here but that doesn't stop people from buying it out of state and shooting it off. I personally love a good fireworks show and would rather leave the big stuff to the licensed people to handle, but we live outside the city limits and have a great time shooting up the mortar shells. I agree that one has to be cautious when having your own fireworks displays. I'm a perfect example of someone who wasn't watching out~~~we shot off a shell that had 100 little parachutes in it and the things were falling all over the place. I nicely didn't see one landing right on my head and it started burning my hair, so I ran inside to wash my head and had a big hole where my hair got burned off!! Not fun. Plus I've had to run from some of the other stuff We laugh about it now and we still enjoy having our own fireworks. |
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No offense, Molly, but HELL YEAH!! I like to blow sh*t up one day out of the year, and I want the absolute biggest boom I can get! And if something tragic were to happen to me, well it's nobody else's fault, is it? The kids are kept a very safe distance away, and I practice the umost caution. I like to make big boom!
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| maccascruff | Jul 3 2006, 11:34 PM Post #38 |
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When I was a kid, we did sparklers and a few bottle rockets and nobody got hurt. But here in Colorado because of the drought, some of the professional displays have even been canceled for fear of causing a fire should something go wrong. I've lived in this state long enough and have seen the results of forest fires and fires that have gotten started very innocently when things are so dry. They are expecting a large crowd at the local fireworks display because of so many cancellations. |
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| pood for paul | Jul 3 2006, 11:38 PM Post #39 |
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Here in Mich. last night a 61 year old man set off illegal fireworks. One exploded as soon as he lit the fuse~chest and neck injuries, critical condition, not expected to live. Knock yourself out~but remember this man and his family. Why not just go see a fireworks display your city or surrounding area puts on?? |
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| HGentile | Jul 3 2006, 11:47 PM Post #40 |
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If we want to start getting technical, why even go watch fireworks displays? I mean you have heard a few stories I am sure where the fireworks have accidentally shot off into a crowd of people, burning them or whatnot. If people are that worried, then stay home. As I mentioned earlier, no one buys fireworks and anticipates something bad happening, accidents happen. Not one person here has stated that they can't wait to get drunk and shoot fireworks at people. Everyone here is responsible. There are defects that happen, it's a risk people are aware they are taking. When is enough enough when telling us how to live our lives? |
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| FamousGroupie | Jul 3 2006, 11:53 PM Post #41 |
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Independence Day - celebrate the birth of your country by blowing up a small chunk of it. Makes me wish I was American.
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Unfortunate things happen, and a firework going off as soon as the fuse was lit is unusually rare. It makes me suspect that maybe he was stupid enough to re-light one that had burned out, and it was already very short. I have seen idiots do that. If you go hunting, you may get shot. If you walk into the street, you may get kissed by a bus. If you light a campfire, you may burn the woods down. Hell, you can die just by playing basketball (Maggie Dixon). But you can always cut the odds by practicing safety. |
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Doesn't everyone wish that?
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| maccascruff | Jul 4 2006, 12:35 AM Post #44 |
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Good one, Clare. Maybe that's why I've never really liked fireworks.
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| beatlechick | Jul 4 2006, 01:03 AM Post #45 |
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No but they have their hands or fingers blown off and facial damage. Some have been burned to death due to the illegal fireworks. Where I live they are most definitely illegal but yet we will have a spate of wildfires burn because of them. People's houses have burned because a bottle rocket has landed on their roof. |
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| beatlechick | Jul 4 2006, 01:05 AM Post #46 |
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I'm sorry but what is "normal" circumstances? I love fireworks and love watching them however in my portion of California, no matter how safety minded you are, we have very dry hills here (it has been at or near 100 for about 2 weeks) and we always see fires, house and brush in the days following the 4th. We are very well attuned to safety but sh*t happens. I have seen bottle rockets land on top of cars. I have also seen the professional shows where a small fire broke out in the hills above however the fire dept was already stationed there in anticipation and put it out. |
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| maccagirl1428 | Jul 4 2006, 02:25 AM Post #47 |
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"Do you think people who set off firecrackers are dumb for not following the law? " Yes they are~ Let the people who know what there doing handle the fireworks~ You can go to jail hear if you do it. |
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| maccagirl1428 | Jul 4 2006, 02:26 AM Post #48 |
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Ditto~Well said
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| ~LovelyRita~ | Jul 4 2006, 04:14 AM Post #49 |
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It's still fun to make things go boom! I just got done shooting off more fireworks and everybody's alive. Tomorrow brings more sh*t to blow up. |
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| FamousGroupie | Jul 4 2006, 05:38 AM Post #51 |
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OK fair enough, but you can't tell me that fireworks are more dangerous than handguns. |
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Fireworks more dangerous than handguns?!?! Asinine. When was the last time someone robbed a bank with an M-80? |
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| audrey | Jul 4 2006, 05:41 AM Post #53 |
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first let me state that i was one of those unlucky folks that experienced the fire from someone else shooting off fireworks illegally........ burned our greenhouse down to the ground, part of the patio and the bathroom of the house........ as the greenhouse burned down, so did all the pot and the evidence........ and this was many many years ago... but i still spent over 100$ on fireworks to light off not only on the 4th, but on special occasions during the year.. going to the public display is safe as far as fireworks are concerned but driving home with the fellow drunks can pose issues, having a few safe and sane fireworks with the kids and their sparklers can in fact cause serious injury, but then so can driving a car, shooting a gun and others already mentioned. Fireworks and alcohol do not go together, they should be supervised by a responsible adult - not the drunk one or the teenaged kids, and should be done in a cleared area with precautions for fire etc. and as a nurse, there is always someone who gets injured on this holiday, thumbs /fingers are the favorite target - DO NOT RE-LIGHT THE FUSE EVER and last but not least - never let the kids have the illegal ones, those are only for the adults. |
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| beatlechick | Jul 4 2006, 06:39 AM Post #54 |
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Technically California isn't in a drought but fireworks, legal or otherwise, still pose a hazard to the houses and hillsides. |
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I completely agree with you about the situation you're in out there. The conditions in CA are very different from conditions here in Indiana. Five or six years ago we had incredibly dry conditions here and I would not shoot off fireworks then, as we live close to the woods. |
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| maccascruff | Jul 4 2006, 06:10 PM Post #56 |
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In our paper this morning, it says that two years ago the law was changed here. If the police go to a house on a fireworks call, everyone is charged unless the others will tell who was setting off the illegal fireworks. They said that since that law change, very few calls even come in as nobody wants to be charged and nobody wants to squeal on the people they live with. They also were talking about the people who run the fireworks stand. In our county, it is not illegal to sell fireworks, but there is no place in the county where it is legal to shoot them. The people running the stands say they are getting no business. We are having a record year for heat, no precipitation and number of fires--both manmade and lightning. I wouldn't take the chance on starting a fire where people will lose their home. Most years, they overlook illegal fireworks but because of the drought, they can't overlook them. I didn't know that bottle rockets are illegal to be sold all over the state. You have to go to Wyoming to get them. |
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| bluemeanie | Jul 4 2006, 08:21 PM Post #57 |
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Over here fireworks can only be sold by licenced premises 2 or 3 weeks (can't remember which) prior to bonfire night and new year and also fireworks cannot be set off AFTER 11pm at night (which in my eyes must be changed but....) Like others have said, if they are in the right hands then they are enjoyable but you do get some right prats round by where I live who would set them off willy-nilly :angry: now I would agree to some sort of licence to set them off - don't know if others would agree I personally don't buy fireworks and instead go to organised event. why? because to me buying and lighting fireworks is just like getting your money and setting fire to it. I do get sparklers for my children but that is as far as I go. I'd rather spend my money on other things. |
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| beatlechick | Jul 4 2006, 08:57 PM Post #58 |
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Thank you, Chad and that is the reason why asked what normal is. This year, for us in the LA area, it is an abnormally hot and a bit humid summer. We have had lots of fires the past two years, twice near me (one was over 30,000 acres about 30 miles long burning 3 houses and 3 other structures). I do know that at least one of the more destructive fires that stretched from Los Angeles County to San Diego County (about 50 miles or so) was suspected to be started by illegal fireworks. That fire killed about 5 people and burned a lot of houses and peoples dreams to the ground. As I stated I love fireworks and wish that we all could fire them but I highly understand the reasons why most fireworks are illegal here. Linda, bottle rockets are illegal throughout California and you have to go to Tijuana to get them. I think parts of Nevada too, but not sure. There are cities that do allow the sales and use of fireworks, my friends and I used to stop off in one of those cities to purchase the legal ones and set them off wherever we go. Usually the law overlooks the setting off if the conditions are favorable. |
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Actually fireworks killed 100 people here in RI when they were lit off inside a nightclub. They can be very dangerous. |
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Yeah, I remember the Great White tragedy. But that was another instance where restrictions and/or precautions were ignored. A terrible event, for sure.
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| maccascruff | Jul 5 2006, 12:53 AM Post #61 |
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I wonder if the fireworks here will be canceled. It's thundering and lightning and pouring down rain. |
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It's hard to light wet fuses. :lol: |
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| BeatleBarb | Jul 5 2006, 02:59 AM Post #63 |
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Well....I'd like to shove an M-80 up someone's ass about now. Thank God I divorced him years ago, but damn it, he's still breathing. Sorry, ignore me. |
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Sounds like you need the stuff we had the other night! Make big boom!
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| BeatleBarb | Jul 5 2006, 03:20 AM Post #65 |
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You got that right! Pyrotechnics R Us!! |
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| maccascruff | Jul 5 2006, 02:29 PM Post #66 |
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The fireworks did go off last night according to the morning paper. Somebody who lives near me had $1,000 of illegal fireworks confiscated after somebody complained--and it wasn't me. I did hear some, but didn't bother calling the police. I just went to sleep. |
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| BeatleBarb | Jul 5 2006, 03:24 PM Post #67 |
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I was taking "incoming" all night. I'm up pretty high on a small hill and I heard it all night in our little town. All the cats took cover with me! |
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| modgirl1964 | Jul 5 2006, 06:22 PM Post #68 |
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How much sh*t did you blow up yesterday Chad?!
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| Deleted User | Jul 5 2006, 06:43 PM Post #69 |
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Dropped about 6 packs of Black Cat fire crackers and about a dozen bottle rockets into what I thought was an empty trash can. Turns out there was one bag in it. And that bag was full of cat litter! That is one smelly-ass can now! :lol: |
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| Deleted User | Jul 5 2006, 07:28 PM Post #70 |
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I HATE FIREWORKS!!! It is noisy. Thatīs why I dont like to spend New YEarīs on the beach. Professionals and not Professionals with those fireworks exploding anywhere. |
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| blue jay hey | Jul 5 2006, 08:42 PM Post #71 |
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they start fires so no. |
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| modgirl1964 | Jul 5 2006, 10:59 PM Post #72 |
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Oh gross! So glad I wasn't there to smell that! But it still had to be cool to see! |
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| FamousGroupie | Jul 6 2006, 01:29 AM Post #73 |
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:lol: Fireworks are such fun. |
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| mozart8mytoe | Jul 6 2006, 08:59 AM Post #74 |
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This gives me an idea. The main argument against fireworks seems to be that they can be dangerous. I do not believe that any in the pro-fireworks camp disagree. Of course they can be dangerous. Microwave pop corn can be dangerous. Why do you think they have those warning labels? Ok, there are not very many pop corn related deaths each year. Maybe better examples are knives, cigarettes, and MTV. Should we then make everything that can be dangerous illegal? That would leave us all with very little left to do. We could not even sit in our homes and worry about what might harm us. People die in household accidents every day. |
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| beatlechick | Jul 7 2006, 01:18 AM Post #75 |
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Well, unfortunately So. California has had at least 6 brush fires today. I know the news will say tomorrow that most, if not all, were started by either fireworks or chainsaws. Not unusual to have fires here just a couple of days after the 4th since kids are out of school and some are playing with matches, look at the flame, or fireworks on dry hillsides. Fortunately we have some of the best fire depts here and they were all knocked down. |
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| ogoble | Jul 7 2006, 04:10 AM Post #76 |
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I spent just under $100 this year on fireworks. I bought the cheap stuff and our fireworks show was pitiful.
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