Why does our nanny state government allow these fireworks?

[Anonymous]

The Consumer Products Safety Commission has issued repeated warnings about this. Its accounts of how people died playing with fireworks is grisly. You’d be better being shot with a gun.

[Anonymous]

I live in a neighborhood where the yards are small and the houses are very close to one another. In this neighborhood, the people who shoot off fireworks go to PA to get the illegal ones. One year a neighbor did it in front of my house and their fireworks were landing on my roof. We now have a neighbor who thinks she controls the street and she and her family try to stop cars from going down our street. Next year I'm going to call the cops.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in a neighborhood where the yards are small and the houses are very close to one another. In this neighborhood, the people who shoot off fireworks go to PA to get the illegal ones. One year a neighbor did it in front of my house and their fireworks were landing on my roof. We now have a neighbor who thinks she controls the street and she and her family try to stop cars from going down our street. Next year I'm going to call the cops.

PA? The legally allowed fireworks in PA are pretty tame. Small bottle rockets, small roman candles and so on. The big fireworks you see people launching all over DC are not allowed in PA unless you have a special license. M-80s aren't allowed in PA. More likely they're getting them in South Carolina or one of the other less-restrictive states.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in a neighborhood where the yards are small and the houses are very close to one another. In this neighborhood, the people who shoot off fireworks go to PA to get the illegal ones. One year a neighbor did it in front of my house and their fireworks were landing on my roof. We now have a neighbor who thinks she controls the street and she and her family try to stop cars from going down our street. Next year I'm going to call the cops.

PA? The legally allowed fireworks in PA are pretty tame. Small bottle rockets, small roman candles and so on. The big fireworks you see people launching all over DC are not allowed in PA unless you have a special license. M-80s aren't allowed in PA. More likely they're getting them in South Carolina or one of the other less-restrictive states.

This is completely false.
The illegal fireworks from Pa are no different than those from South Carolina.
And some are very powerful. Shell launchers, powerful rocket s, etc.
True M80s and cherry bombs have been illegal for decades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Part of the problem is that people don’t realize how powerful these fireworks are. They can literally blow your head off. They can create a six inch hole clean through your chest. It is insane that people are cool with this.

This

[Anonymous]

DC: we need to put speed bumps on roads that are only inches wide enough for two way traffic because safety.

Also DC: 10 year olds playing at 11pm with fireworks packed with enough explosives to blow their arm off? Well, be careful out there!

[Anonymous]

Complaining gets you nowhere. DC can’t even solve their crime problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The stuff people set off on our street is unbelievable. It is comically dangerous. Honestly surprised no one dies

They do.
Every year.

https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/News-Releases/2023/Have-a-Blast-Just-Do-It-Safely-this-Fourth-of-July-CPSC-Report-Shows-Trips-to-the-Emergency-Room-Remain-High

And every year, it's the same old replies. People lodging legitimate complaints and concerns and people replying to those concerns with derision and mockery. It's ok if people get hurt or die because getting jollies is more important.

At least in D.C., it is actually legal to set off fireworks. In MoCo it's illegal, but the police refuse to enforce the law. I mean, 2 idiots blew up their own house in Damascus a couple of days ago and had to be sent to the hospital from prepping themselves for today. Maybe if the police actually ticketed violators, then these people would not have been so brazen? Maybe.

Life is dangerous.

And just like that - someone validates my post.

99% of people on this site are old. I expect this kind of response from a 12 year old. People really do die from fireworks accidents. People really do get get hurt from fireworks accidents. This is the best reply you can come up with?

Oh, and...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/devastating-house-fire-serves-as-reminder-of-why-fireworks-are-banned-in-montgomery-county/ar-AA1dtSHq?ocid=mailsignout&pc=U591&cvid=fe6ff2deffee4fc38d04b262e352a6b7&ei=58

Devastating house fire serves as reminder of why fireworks are banned in Montgomery County

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The stuff people set off on our street is unbelievable. It is comically dangerous. Honestly surprised no one dies

They do.
Every year.

https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/News-Releases/2023/Have-a-Blast-Just-Do-It-Safely-this-Fourth-of-July-CPSC-Report-Shows-Trips-to-the-Emergency-Room-Remain-High

And every year, it's the same old replies. People lodging legitimate complaints and concerns and people replying to those concerns with derision and mockery. It's ok if people get hurt or die because getting jollies is more important.

At least in D.C., it is actually legal to set off fireworks. In MoCo it's illegal, but the police refuse to enforce the law. I mean, 2 idiots blew up their own house in Damascus a couple of days ago and had to be sent to the hospital from prepping themselves for today. Maybe if the police actually ticketed violators, then these people would not have been so brazen? Maybe.

Life is dangerous.

And just like that - someone validates my post.

99% of people on this site are old. I expect this kind of response from a 12 year old. People really do die from fireworks accidents. People really do get get hurt from fireworks accidents. This is the best reply you can come up with?

Oh, and...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/devastating-house-fire-serves-as-reminder-of-why-fireworks-are-banned-in-montgomery-county/ar-AA1dtSHq?ocid=mailsignout&pc=U591&cvid=fe6ff2deffee4fc38d04b262e352a6b7&ei=58

Devastating house fire serves as reminder of why fireworks are banned in Montgomery County

Firework accidents can be nightmarish. Think: pieces of someone’s skull on the sidewalk

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I moved here from a Republican state and firework sales were extremely illegal there.

I did as well. People still shot off illegal fireworks every year in my former republican state.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I moved here from a Republican state and firework sales were extremely illegal there.

I did as well. People still shot off illegal fireworks every year in my former republican state.

People still exceed the speed limit, even though it’s illegal, but that’s not really an argument for getting rid of speed limits

[Anonymous]

Well, if anyone is looking for people who had negative fun on July 4, this thread is the place!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, if anyone is looking for people who had negative fun on July 4, this thread is the place!

It is bonkers how many people died on the 4th in fireworks accidents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, if anyone is looking for people who had negative fun on July 4, this thread is the place!

It is bonkers how many people died on the 4th in fireworks accidents.

https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/20-year-old-dies-from-firework-incident-in-charles-county/

BALTIMORE - A 20-year-old died from a fireworks incident in Charles County, according to the Sheriff's Office.

The man was with a group of friends around 9 p.m. Wednesday, setting off fireworks behind a home in Waldorf, when one firework went off while in a mortar tube.

He was taken to the hospital with hand and chest injuries before he was pronounced dead, according to the Charles County Sheriff's Office.

"Fireworks have been a long tradition of many celebrations. Please make safety your number one priority so everyone can go home safely," State Fire Marshal Brian Geraci said. "The safest way enjoy fireworks is to attend one of the many public fireworks displays throughout the state."

[Anonymous]

They should legalize all fireworks most states it's legal