Don't get me wrong. I hate any legislation which inhibits our freedoms. But considering the horrific injuries sustained every year - especially to kids - surely it's time to stop selling explosives (which is, basically, what they are) to the general public. Sorry if I sound like a party pooper.

>> ^A10anis:

Don't get me wrong. I hate any legislation which inhibits our freedoms. But considering the horrific injuries sustained every year - especially to kids - surely it's time to stop selling explosives (which is, basically, what they are) to the general public. Sorry if I sound like a party pooper.


Yeah leave them to the professionals. http://americanpyro.com/State Laws (main)/statelaws.html from http://www.hardocp.com/news/2012/07/03/fireworks_laws_in_all_50_states ... It was interesting. I didn't know it was legal in my CA state. I always thought it was illegal.

I hope those dudes blew their junk off, because they shouldn't breed.

>> ^A10anis:

Don't get me wrong. I hate any legislation which inhibits our freedoms. But considering the horrific injuries sustained every year - especially to kids - surely it's time to stop selling explosives (which is, basically, what they are) to the general public. Sorry if I sound like a party pooper.


The interesting thing is, I live in Japan now where fireworks are easily accessible to just about everybody and you don't see anything like that kind of dangerous behavior here. And that's not because Japanese kids participate in less risky behaviors or anything--they get into their fair share of trouble. But I think growing up in a culture where fireworks are just normal and seeing adults using them safely all the time (it's a tradition to set them off in the summer), kids here don't see anything special about them and apparently don't even considering doing stupid and dangerous things with them.

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