You made me think I accidentally opened up the Nextdoor app.
This is an unpopular opinion indeed, even though you see people chiming in and agreeing here they are very much the minority as referenced by all the people who love watching those events or launching their own.
All fireworks are banned where I live, and this past 4th and New Year's Day folks found out the hard way that law enforcement is using drones to identify violations, routing officers to hand out fines and confiscate people's caches (and sometimes make arrests depending on what's in their possession). Living in a forest, we have zero tolerance. Nobody wants to get burned out.
Fireworks have been a part of Independence Day celebrations since the very beginning. Does OP mean a total ban to include professional public fireworks display or just for personal use? Because a total ban would definitely be unpopular.
Only the official ones done by the fire department should be allowed, aside from maybe some very low level sparkler type stuff. These jackasses launching mortars in cities at 2 AM should face consequences for their actions.
I'd be okay with them being allowed on the 4th, just no other day of the year.
At least limited to one day, you can plan to deal with them (pets, PTSD, taking the next day off work because you're so got-danged tired from "boom boom boom" until 4 in the morning, etc).
Personal fireworks are mostly forbiden in France but each city and town organise a professional firework show for either the 13th or the 14th of July instead. Much better than what you can buy and everyone can enjoy it
absolutely correct they should ! and sadly for those struggling with PTSD or the thousands who are injured yearly, this is still an incredibly unpopular opinion.
Don't forget the vast amounts of sulphur put into the atmosphere. In the UK Nov 5th produces more sulphur than the rest of the year combined. Sulphur makes acid rain.
Finally, an unpopular opinion
They are illegal in the city limits of where I live. I have a neighbor who has a years supply and randomly lets them off all year. And by randomly I mean, 2pm on a Tuesday, 4am Thursday morning, 8pm Sunday, pick a day, pick a time, spin the wheel, no one ever knows when or why this psycho does this. Immature people think blowing shit up is cool.
I wouldn’t ban them outright but I would make it required to register events where they were going to be used and ban them outside of that. The majority of house fires and injuries with fireworks happen in residential areas and those are also the ones where people with PTSD and animals are affected the most.
I love fireworks so this was a very tough upvote for me.
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That would literally have no impact on the number of fireworks lit where I live.
