[.38sw]

Fireworks are banned completely in my county, except for, as you said, government sponsored displayed. Can't even buy sparklers. Gah.

[lodwick]

There's another thread here about the ever increasing number of female shooters and how it's related to 9/11...I would submit that it could be related to the ever-increasing controls that governments are shackling us with.

Stay safe out there, Cheri.

[sweetliberty]

"Fireworks are banned completely in my county, except for, as you said, government sponsored displayed. Can't even buy sparklers"

We have fireworks stands on practically every corner, and every kid in the county (and a few surrounding ones) must have been saving all year to buy them. They've been going non-stop for about 2 weeks, day and night. By 3 in the morning, I am not amused and I'm about to start feeding them to the little b******s.

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[catpuppy]

I would almost bet that more people are injured traveling to and from and while attending "government sponsored displays" than would be injured if people everywhere were free to use fireworks.

Whatever the case, folks should be allowed to use them. The occasional injury--tragic though it may be--should not be justification for a super nanny state that denies all of us the opportunity to decide for ourselves whether to accept the risks associated with fireworks in exchange for the enjoyment of using them in celebration.