[ASOC]

Humm, bad logic. We don't sell machine guns (or explosives) to idiots or small children.

Cars are a good product that can be used in ways that hurt folks, that's a given, fireworks outside of the hands of professionals is altogether a different matter.

I think it might best be summed up with "your rights end where mine begin"

I don't want my house burned down, my local park burned down or my property damaged - and fireworks make all that possible. YMMV.

[Dead Corpse]

We don't sell machine guns (or explosives) to idiots

Yes we do. The BATFE is a prime example.

My Rights do end where yours begin. Should I be punished because some OTHER idiot can't shoot off fireworks/own class III weaponry/cars/swimming pools safely?

Punish the actor for damage done. Anything else is just giving in to anti-freedom tyranny. Yes, even for something as trivial as fireworks.

[Sam Cree]

"I don't want my house burned down, my local park burned down or my property damaged - and fireworks make all that possible."

Not that I necessarily think you are wrong, but the things you list are already illegal (and possible) - your argument is more with the method than the madness.

[Smokin' Joe]

Well, I live in a house a minimum of 2000 miles from yours, in a state where fireworks are legal. Relax. You will have plenty of time to fill the fire buckets if we manage to start a fire big enough to reach your home.

Keep your rules for your town, we'll keep ours for ours, thanks!