Arlington: Illegal home fireworks July 4th

[Anonymous]

Alexandria was terrible last night and they're illegal too. They just don't enforce it. I think it's long past getting rid of fireworks all together.

[Anonymous]

Setting off fireworks illegally is pretty much THE single most American thing a person can do on Independence Day, short of enlisting in the military.

By setting off fireworks illegally, you’re embracing the same spirit of rejection of authority and exercising self determination to do what pleases you as the people who told The British Crown they were no longer the subjects of the King.

Sure, fireworks are a little less dramatic than throwing a revolution and killing redcoats - but the spirit is the same. Someone in authority wants to control you, and you reject their authority.

It makes me smile to see people openly using fireworks in places where they’re banned. Because it tells me there’s still a spark of that rebellious nature that created this country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Setting off fireworks illegally is pretty much THE single most American thing a person can do on Independence Day, short of enlisting in the military.

By setting off fireworks illegally, you’re embracing the same spirit of rejection of authority and exercising self determination to do what pleases you as the people who told The British Crown they were no longer the subjects of the King.

Sure, fireworks are a little less dramatic than throwing a revolution and killing redcoats - but the spirit is the same. Someone in authority wants to control you, and you reject their authority.

It makes me smile to see people openly using fireworks in places where they’re banned. Because it tells me there’s still a spark of that rebellious nature that created this country.

Says someone who never lost a bodypart from a rogue illegal firework.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We're in a drought, and things are very dry. Contact the homeowners and then police, if you haven't talked to them. It's so needlessly dangerous.

Yes, I was worried this year due to the drought.

Fireworks went off for three or four hours and were as large as the ones you see in downtown DC.

DP

[Anonymous]

https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2024/07/investigators-say-discarded-illegal-fireworks-likely-caused-two-house-fires-in-montgomery-co/

Discarded illegal fireworks caused two house fires this week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2024/07/investigators-say-discarded-illegal-fireworks-likely-caused-two-house-fires-in-montgomery-co/

Discarded illegal fireworks caused two house fires this week.

"Piringer said that investigators believe aerial fireworks landed on the roof of the carport and flames spread to the attic. The fire damaged the structure, a car, and the neighbor’s shed.

“The homeowner was there sleeping. The smoke alarm activated for smoke in the house. About that time, a neighbor called saying the roof of the house was on fire,” Piringer said. “Fire investigators believe this was caused by some aerial fireworks that apparently landed around the house on the roof and burned on the roof.”"

[Anonymous]

That spark is fine but not on my roof or wooden porch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Setting off fireworks illegally is pretty much THE single most American thing a person can do on Independence Day, short of enlisting in the military.

By setting off fireworks illegally, you’re embracing the same spirit of rejection of authority and exercising self determination to do what pleases you as the people who told The British Crown they were no longer the subjects of the King.

Sure, fireworks are a little less dramatic than throwing a revolution and killing redcoats - but the spirit is the same. Someone in authority wants to control you, and you reject their authority.

It makes me smile to see people openly using fireworks in places where they’re banned. Because it tells me there’s still a spark of that rebellious nature that created this country.

+1776

Very well said!

It’s true, fireworks aren’t 100% risk free. We get it. But explosions are cool, boozy parties are fun, and I’m not limiting my life to the handful of activities that middle-aged hall monitors deem sufficiently safe.

Just bar your doors and windows, massage your basket case Labradoodle, and drink your herbal tea. It’s one day a year, you’ll be OK.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Setting off fireworks illegally is pretty much THE single most American thing a person can do on Independence Day, short of enlisting in the military.

By setting off fireworks illegally, you’re embracing the same spirit of rejection of authority and exercising self determination to do what pleases you as the people who told The British Crown they were no longer the subjects of the King.

Sure, fireworks are a little less dramatic than throwing a revolution and killing redcoats - but the spirit is the same. Someone in authority wants to control you, and you reject their authority.

It makes me smile to see people openly using fireworks in places where they’re banned. Because it tells me there’s still a spark of that rebellious nature that created this country.

Says someone who never lost a bodypart from a rogue illegal firework.

A “rogue” illegal firework? WTH is that?

I’m a lot more concerned with losing body parts to roque illegal aliens with machetes. You should be as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Setting off fireworks illegally is pretty much THE single most American thing a person can do on Independence Day, short of enlisting in the military.

By setting off fireworks illegally, you’re embracing the same spirit of rejection of authority and exercising self determination to do what pleases you as the people who told The British Crown they were no longer the subjects of the King.

Sure, fireworks are a little less dramatic than throwing a revolution and killing redcoats - but the spirit is the same. Someone in authority wants to control you, and you reject their authority.

It makes me smile to see people openly using fireworks in places where they’re banned. Because it tells me there’s still a spark of that rebellious nature that created this country.

+1776

Very well said!

It’s true, fireworks aren’t 100% risk free. We get it. But explosions are cool, boozy parties are fun, and I’m not limiting my life to the handful of activities that middle-aged hall monitors deem sufficiently safe.

Just bar your doors and windows, massage your basket case Labradoodle, and drink your herbal tea. It’s one day a year, you’ll be OK.

Cool. Get a better job, buy more land, and then explode all the things to your heart’s content. In the meantime, while lording over your .10 acre plot, keep your flaming fireworks off my roof.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Setting off fireworks illegally is pretty much THE single most American thing a person can do on Independence Day, short of enlisting in the military.

By setting off fireworks illegally, you’re embracing the same spirit of rejection of authority and exercising self determination to do what pleases you as the people who told The British Crown they were no longer the subjects of the King.

Sure, fireworks are a little less dramatic than throwing a revolution and killing redcoats - but the spirit is the same. Someone in authority wants to control you, and you reject their authority.

It makes me smile to see people openly using fireworks in places where they’re banned. Because it tells me there’s still a spark of that rebellious nature that created this country.

Says someone who never lost a bodypart from a rogue illegal firework.

A “rogue” illegal firework? WTH is that?

I’m a lot more concerned with losing body parts to roque illegal aliens with machetes. You should be as well.

A classmate of mine lost one of his balls when a bunch of high school kids were messing around with illegal fireworks and one went “rogue” which means it shot sideways instead of into the air.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Setting off fireworks illegally is pretty much THE single most American thing a person can do on Independence Day, short of enlisting in the military.

By setting off fireworks illegally, you’re embracing the same spirit of rejection of authority and exercising self determination to do what pleases you as the people who told The British Crown they were no longer the subjects of the King.

Sure, fireworks are a little less dramatic than throwing a revolution and killing redcoats - but the spirit is the same. Someone in authority wants to control you, and you reject their authority.

It makes me smile to see people openly using fireworks in places where they’re banned. Because it tells me there’s still a spark of that rebellious nature that created this country.

+1776

Very well said!

It’s true, fireworks aren’t 100% risk free. We get it. But explosions are cool, boozy parties are fun, and I’m not limiting my life to the handful of activities that middle-aged hall monitors deem sufficiently safe.

Just bar your doors and windows, massage your basket case Labradoodle, and drink your herbal tea. It’s one day a year, you’ll be OK.

How many MAGA families that complain they can’t afford groceries under Biden spent $500 on fireworks?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Setting off fireworks illegally is pretty much THE single most American thing a person can do on Independence Day, short of enlisting in the military.

By setting off fireworks illegally, you’re embracing the same spirit of rejection of authority and exercising self determination to do what pleases you as the people who told The British Crown they were no longer the subjects of the King.

Sure, fireworks are a little less dramatic than throwing a revolution and killing redcoats - but the spirit is the same. Someone in authority wants to control you, and you reject their authority.

It makes me smile to see people openly using fireworks in places where they’re banned. Because it tells me there’s still a spark of that rebellious nature that created this country.

+1776

Very well said!

It’s true, fireworks aren’t 100% risk free. We get it. But explosions are cool, boozy parties are fun, and I’m not limiting my life to the handful of activities that middle-aged hall monitors deem sufficiently safe.

Just bar your doors and windows, massage your basket case Labradoodle, and drink your herbal tea. It’s one day a year, you’ll be OK.

How many MAGA families that complain they can’t afford groceries under Biden spent $500 on fireworks?

DC police received 850 calls complaining about fireworks on July 4th and DC is hardly the home of MAGA families..
TDS much?
Its going to be fun on here after the election.

[Anonymous]

The thing about fireworks in Arlington and 22205 is that there is that HUGE fireworks store up at the corner of North Harrison and Langston Blvd, near the CVS and Auto Zone. It's been there several years now. Hard to argue that folks can't shoot off some fireworks here when that store is up there basically egging people on and encouraging home use.

I don't like them either and would be upset if someone were shooting them right outside/at my house. And I also live in 22205. Maybe we should think about that store, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The thing about fireworks in Arlington and 22205 is that there is that HUGE fireworks store up at the corner of North Harrison and Langston Blvd, near the CVS and Auto Zone. It's been there several years now. Hard to argue that folks can't shoot off some fireworks here when that store is up there basically egging people on and encouraging home use.

I don't like them either and would be upset if someone were shooting them right outside/at my house. And I also live in 22205. Maybe we should think about that store, too.

That store only sells VA-legal fireworks—meaning, fountains and other small novelties, nothing that launches or explodes.

If you look up in the Arlington sky any night from July 1 through July 7, it’s clear that many, many people get their fireworks elsewhere. (And thank you all for your service!)