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[quote=Anonymous]Wow, people are grumpy.

I'm certaint hat it was more than one man agitating about his ill daughter who got 30 laws passed in 30 states.  But often, public safety issues like this just bubble along for years, until one catalyzing event or person swings th momentum and allow a movement to coalesce.  So I'm equally certain a lot of things might be true.  This one man may have had enough clout, voice, money, connections to take what were scattered, isolated efforts and create a movement to ban fireworks, with a lot of help/support from those in the trenches, like the fire departments, police departments, etc.

Think of how MADD started.  Or that one father in NY whose daughter died after subpar hospital care from exhausted residents changed laws all around the country on how many hours residents could work with breaks.  Or Erin Brokovich.  Or Rachel Carson.  Or any endless number of examples.  Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire and better worker conditions. etc.

A problem exists.  Some people, generally, want to fix the problem, though a lot of people don't really care and it's not a priority.  A catalyzing event or person unifies disparate efforts around a cause.  Change happens.  
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