300 million lbs of fireworks and 2.7 billion dollars gone in a cloud of smoke.

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    4 months ago

    “they make something beautiful instead of death” Agreed, but your neighbor’s kid’s fingers might not agree after that M-80

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        4 months ago

        No, but as a general rule in society we think that explosives are dangerous things, yet we happily sell them to teenagers who blow out stuff or light them horizontally pointed at other people.

        I don’t like fireworks, but when it’s done by professionals I at least know that no one will be intentionally hurt by it. I don’t think they should be entirely banned, but I think that they should be regulated, anything even remotely as dangerous as most fireworks already is.

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      4 months ago

      I don’t believe fireworks should be retailed to the public in any form. They’re a very different story from an aeriel display put on by professionals.