Get a grip you moron! There is a reason why certain fireworks are illegal in this state!
I know there is a lot to hate about UTAH but there is a damn good reason why a lot of fireworks are banned here; mainly, they start fires.
Yeah! They do! Bottle rockets have a tendency to start fires! That is why they are banned you stupid git!
My back YARD just caught fire due to some stupid moron shooting these things off! It’s the third and still day light but some kid (or Goddess forbid, a more stupid adult) sent a bottle rocket off into my yard!
It’s hot, it’s dry, it’s windy… but NOOOOOO! You STILL have to shoot these things off! I’d LOVE to get a batch and send them back toward you but I have a brain!
I have no problem with celebrating the fourth and all but PLEASE use some common sense! Don’t be shooting things off toward other homes! Don’t go to Wyoming to buy a whole mess of illegal fireworks and then DENY your responsibility because you turned them over to your kids! (Yes, that was their excuse!)
Why not just give them an AK47 and be done with it you stupid rosette kisser!
Sorry Biz 6.5.
This could have been a great rant or an even better Pit thread. It is illegal here in Huntsville Al as well. Every year we have a few fools who end up hurting themselves and others shooting bottle rockets.
Hope you gave them lil bastards hell.
Actually, I thought I was posting in the pit but… uh… my bad… I’m in here… but I didn’t use any “blue” words so it should be okay. But if someone wants to move it I’m not going to twist my knickers!
Uhh… fireworks is illegal? Well, shoot me in the knickers, that must be why’s them po-leese keep comin’ 'round here this time every year. Hey, Ma! Y’all dint send them chill’uns 'round with them poppers, didja? Aw, crud… sorry, y’all, I have to git!
Last year, just before the 4th, Mr. Rilch was working in a seedy part of town and bought some bottle rockets. He described the purchase; they were sold out of the side door of a van, which was a foot away from another van parked to block the first one from view; and the van only stayed in one spot for ten minutes. “Jeez, Mr. Rilch,” said I, “if they’re that illegal to buy, don’t you think there’s a reason for it?!” Nothing bad happened, though. We took them to Orange County, where it’s legal, or semi-legal, to shoot fireworks, or at least to purchase them. We shot them off, along with some more elaborate fireworks, in the middle of the road, and were careful not to aim them towards cars, yards, houses or people. It is possible to have a safe fireworks display, if you plan it out sensibly.
That said, though, I’ve never understood cherry bombs. Most fireworks make cool patterns and colors, but cherry bombs just go “fwoomph”. WTF? Way too much risk for too little purpose.
Well all fireworks are illegal in Ireland . That doesn’t stop anybody getting them . It just means that kids go to a certain street and buy them from the street merchants , go off and blow their stupid little hands off ( ok , that doesn’t happen that often but it would happen a lot less if only responsible shop keepers had the chance to say no to young kids ) . It’s the usual story with prohibition , the original problem remains but now you’ve got a lot more to deal with .
I’m quite certain that you can’t even buy them here. We live far enough away from the US border for a lot of people to buy them there as well. I’ve only seen illegal fireworks once in my life (brought back from the US), so they can’t be all that common.
What you need is to have them illegal everywhere, and then it would be much harder to obtain them.
Sometimes I think I’m the only person who finds fireworks displays extremely boring. I’m not too fond of my tax money going to blow things up for entertainment purposes, but if the majority feels differently then so be it.
And why individual’s choose to buy illegal fireworks and set them off is hard for me to understand as well. Strange, but I guess humans are the only species that blow things up for recreational purposes.
One might find some interest in figuring out which locality’s fireworks show will accidently send one into the crowd, as happens every year. I watched a discussion on television about “terrorist threats” for large crowds gathering for fireworks shows. We will be supplying our own injuries without the need for foreign intervention. Sigh.
Then there’s the semi-annual explosion at some fireworks factory–I’d sure hate to have to pay the insurance premiums at one of those places.
Am I missing something about fireworks shows…perhaps the alcohol or pot beforehand?
My ex works for BATF(Yes, the folks who put Waco on the map) They are responsible for regulating fireworks, among everything else. One of the projects they have done is a safety video for fireworks manufacturers, that they re-shoot periodically. According to my ex, no manufacturer used to shoot the video has managed to survive until the safety video is out.
Have to agree with you… Every year without fail someone starts a major fire here in southern California due to the fact they feel the need to have to go and blow things up. I never understood the attraction. You light things on fire, you throw them and they make a loud noise. Wow… for this kids lose fingers, eyes and sometimes hands. Lots of things catch on fire… and for what?
A good friend of mine and her family run a small fireworks company. Two years ago, they invited me to help them out at a fireworks display in eastern Oregon. Now THAT is how fireworks should be. You haven’t lit off fireworks till you’ve lit the fuse on a row of 12" shells… and got yourself set on fire from standing underneath said shells when one goes off too low. (It was my friend who got herself lit on fire. Luckily it only burnt a little of her beautiful red hair…)
Scary part is that after another shoot, I’ll be allowed to go apply for my own pyrotechnics license. Whoo!
Fireworks are illegal here is South Australia too except for special events, but you need a licence.
We used to have a regular fireworks night each year called “Guy Fawkes” but due to some irresponible little shits injuring other people, property and animals they were eventually banned.
It always seems to be the minority that screw things up for the rest of us.
I burnt the bejeezus out of my thumb last night while lighting a small (it looked exactly like a Hershey’s Kiss)firework. The wick itself (no, it didn’t go off in my hand) shot out sparks as soon as it was lit and gave me a nickel-sized blister before I threw it.
Luckily I had some Silvadene cream on hand because I always do stupid s*** like that.