President Obama Wants To End Independence Day As We Know It

Daily Caller ^ | 7/2/15 | Drew Johnson

[HotHunt]

I see massive civil disobedience over this BS. Who's going to enforce the backyard BBQ thing? And fireworks on the 4th of July is as American as apple pie, the flag, babies, moms and guns. Americans aren't going to just give these things up because of some commie in the Rainbow House.

Good luck with that, Barry.

[generally]

There are already plenty of places where a large percentage of the population buys illegal fireworks. I don’t see this law as being very enforceable.

(For the record, I’m in favor of allowing any adult to buy anything they want. Just don’t light them near me, my family, or my property. And don’t expect me to pay your hospital bills when you blow your fingers off or burn yourself. (I know that 0vomitcare requires that I pay, but I strongly object to paying for another person’s deliberate stupidity. If you’re intelligent, you either don’t buy fireworks or you know how to handle them safely) Make all the noise you want, but try to do it within a few days of the 4th, please.)

[generally]

I hadn’t decided whether I was going to BBQ tomorrow or not. This settles it. I’ll be firing up the grill, rain or shine.

Don’t tread on me.

[ADemocratNoMore]

Our fair city used to have one of the finest fireworks displays that would draw people from miles around. Four or five years ago roving packs of feral “yutes” started getting their kicks by walking through the neighborhood and assaulting folks sitting in their yards enjoying the show as well as doing the same at the park where they were being set off. Police from 6 surrounding communities had to be called in. They were paid double overtime The bill wound up at around $100,000. Same thing happened the following year. As a result, no more fireworks. No reportage of the real reason by the prestitutes, the official story was that the display was canceled “to save money”. The only way I found out what I'm reporting here is that my Councilman lived two doors down from me and was not pleased with the status quo.
As far as home brew displays, all is fun ‘till some drunken yahoo starts lighting bottle rockets on his porch and almost burns his house down (along with mine).
Some of my neighbors now look forward to my afternoon Fourth of July serenade which consists of opening the doors and windows, turning the subwoofer up to 11 and cranking out the Tellarc 1812 overture with cannons. One of these days I'd like to put a subwoofer in the opening to the garage attic and turn the whole garage into a BIG subwoofer cabinet. There are plenty of live digital recording of pro displays & as long as it's before 10:00PM I think I can get away with it, provided the shock waves don' break too many windows. Next step, video projection of fireworks. All this after I finish grilling my steak. Enjoy your Fourth my fellow Freepers, !

[sport]

He wants to end the United States as we know it.

[timestax]

ping

[Carry_Okie]

He’d probably like that.

[Impy]

Fireworks are illegal in Chicago without a license. Yet use of them are heavy in my neighborhood. Every year my dog is terrified.

“Official” fireworks shows could be hurt. That would piss people off.

Laws against bbq (on private property) would not be enforceable. In parks or something though...

[VerySadAmerican]

Why should I have to sit in my own home and listen to you and your little immature friends popping firecrackers all night long? Do I not have the right to happiness, and peace and quiet, in my own home? If you want to pop firecrackers go out in the country somewhere. If you want to hear real “fireworks” go put on an army uniform and make sure you tell them you don’t want to be a REMF ‘cause you want to hear things go “bang”.

And by the way, have you read about the veterans with PTSD who have a problem dealing with fireworks? Or do you simply believe it’s your right to do anything you want at others’ expense?

What would you say to a veteran with PTSD sitting in his own home and loud booms start going off and he starts reliving the horrible things he witnessed in combat? “Sorry, bub. But it’s my right to pop firecrackers. You fought so I could have these rights. So, thanks and get over it.”

You say I don’t have the right to want something banned next door to my house. But you wouldn’t object to banning me from driving down a street paid for with my tax dollars.

Would you object to people playing loud music all night long next door to you? You shouldn’t. According to you people should be allowed to do anything they want and to hell with everyone else.

I know your kind. If a couple next door were to get in a fight and there be a big event with the cops and flashing lights and sirens you’d be at work the next door bitching about “the rednecks next door” keeping you up all night.

If I lived next door to you every night you pop firecrackers would mean there’s a night in your future with me firing up my dragster at two in the morning. You could bitch at work the next day because you couldn’t get a good night’s sleep. And, of course tell your co-workers that you called the cops because you have the right to a good nights’ sleep.

[sauropod]

Too effing bad.

Sincerely, ‘Pod

[VerySadAmerican]

Great response! I appreciate it!

[NCC-1701]

Don’t forget to fly the Confederate Flag this weekend to say screw you to all the BS surrounding it.

[RKBA Democrat]

I dunno. Fireworks are illegal in VA and the night has been widely punctuated with them. More laws that will be ignored I reckon.

[sauropod]

Have a nice evening!

‘Pod

[Viking2002]

I think I'm going to fly the Betsy Ross from one porch post, the Confederate stars and bars from the other, and invite all my gun-totin' neighbors over for the biggest CHARCOAL BBQ this county's ever seen. Let's see Barkey's ecoNiazis come try to bust that party up. FUBO!

[ripley]

Snickering, sneering, holier-than-thou, self-appointed-genius
Progressives have done their best to do that, both in public office and as voters.

(They’re going to reap what they sow as a natural consequence of what they’re up to.)

IMHO

[IrishBrigade]

Tomorrow, I will walk about a mile to the high school to watch a fireworks display

that’s exactly what I’m going to do, except it’s only a quarter mile walk...which my arthritic left foot appreciates...

[pigsmith]

"Sorry the feds will cut off highway and education money for non compliers."

So what would happen if the states stopped sending tax money to the feds? Wouldn't that make that cancerous monstrosity just shrivel up? Serious question but I seriously doubt it would ever happen.