Firework Idiots!

[Saleen836]

At a guess I doubt the perps will ever be caught...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-63...

But on the slim chance they are please let there be a sensible punishment, maybe put their family homes on a 'Do Not Attend' list should they ever need the fire brigade

[ChemicalChaos]

I used to be live and let live, and not letting the majority of responsible firework users have their occasional fun spoiled by a few idiots and complainers.

However, the last 6 weeks have seen a bunch of delinquent scallies letting off rockets in the park across the road from me, and then in the road, nearly every night - culminating in a burnt out motorbike in the park last week.
A friend in the police says this is a UK wide issue and good luck getting anyone out to deal with it.
Coupled with stories like this, I'm now vehemently in support of a ban.

[GranpaB]

I think it is time to ban general sale of fireworks.

Similar happened in Scotland on the weekend, and at my mates work, kids were letting them off in the car park, which is 100M away from the local airport.


https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-scotland-63469514

[Rivenink]

I think the sale of Fireworks should be further restricted to those with a public display licence; and further restrictions on where they can be displayed.

Not because of the yearly complaints about teenagers running amok with them; boring, repetative and predictable though those complaints are...

Primarily because of the impacts on the NHS and pets. Properly organised, well run town and village shows are enough.

[waynedear]

ChemicalChaos said:

I used to be live and let live, and not letting the majority of responsible firework users have their occasional fun spoiled by a few idiots and complainers.

However, the last 6 weeks have seen a bunch of delinquent scallies letting off rockets in the park across the road from me, and then in the road, nearly every night - culminating in a burnt out motorbike in the park last week.
A friend in the police says this is a UK wide issue and good luck getting anyone out to deal with it.
Coupled with stories like this, I'm now vehemently in support of a ban.

Are you my neighbour in Liverpool? :-)

[Short Grain]

The price of 'em even last year would have me thinking twice. They've been fired off regularly round here over the past couple of weeks. Some fookin huge ones that have made me duck a couple of times then look around to see if anyone had seen me
Mind you, years (an years) ago, as kids we threw a 'banger', a piddly little thing compared to today's lot, into the open toilet window of a local pub. After we'd heard one of the cubicle doors latch and with a small interval for the guy to get himself 'comfortable' The bang was massive due to the tiling presumably! We nearly pissed ourselves laughing, God knows how fast the turds left the poor guys ahole!!
Sorry if it was You.

[grumbledoak]

Yay, it's the annual "Ban Fireworks" thread.


Be careful what you wish for. There is a long list of anti social st we should ban before fireworks, and it would probably start with dogs and motorbikes...

[Taita]

Banning them won't keep the bellends from being bellends with them. They'll just need to find a slightly dodgy corner shop, like kids buying fags at 13 in the old days

[Super Sonic]

In the old days you were allowed to buy fags at thirteen. I remember my dad sending mito the shop for fags at age seven.

[garagewidow]

They should definitley be banned.

I mean 'won't someone think of the environment': all that unnecessary releasing of harmful greenhouse gasses

[donkmeister]

Funnily enough, round my way we seem to have far fewer fireworks this year. Yes there has been the odd "whizz pop crackle", but maybe a handful over the last two weeks and certainly none of the stun grenades that usually seem to be let off each evening.

Maybe all the local dheads have moved away, or cost of living has impacted on their ability to buy explosives.

I've probably jinxed it now...

I've always loved fireworks but have always stuck to the rule of 5th November or the Saturday either side of it, so people can expect it and mitigate it where necessary.

[L1OFF]

This time of year is always a worry with a thatch roof and those ridiculous "Chinese lanterns" are an even bigger concern.

[robemcdonald]

Every year kids play with fireworks. The police always let them off.

[Timothy Bucktu]

I haven't heard any fireworks yet. But then living in a nice area policed by scary Women of Facebook with their precious cats, dogs and horses probably helps!
I can imagine the pitch forks heading our way if we let fireworks off these days.

[dukeboy749r]

grumbledoak said:

Yay, it's the annual "Ban Fireworks" thread.


Be careful what you wish for. There is a long list of anti social st we should ban before fireworks, and it would probably start with dogs and motorbikes...

I think you've become THE Victor Meldrew of PH.

Dogs and motorbikes versus fireworks that are (in the wrong hands, indeed even in just hands) dangerous, potentially lethal and are just as accessible if they are used only at organised displays?

Dogs are perfectly fine if not abused by people. Motorbikes are a form of transport that are equally safe when used responsibly.

Do you rail against the people as they pass in front of your windows each day?

What ste is this?

[Cliftonite]

robemcdonald said:

Every year kids play with fireworks. The police always let them off.

[deckster]

dukeboy749r said:

I think you've become THE Victor Meldrew of PH.

Dogs and motorbikes versus fireworks that are (in the wrong hands, indeed even in just hands) dangerous, potentially lethal and are just as accessible if they are used only at organised displays?

Dogs are perfectly fine if not abused by people. Motorbikes are a form of transport that are equally safe when used responsibly.

Perhaps inadvertently, you have just proven quite how good the analogy was.

[Google [bot]]

As you’d expect, Australia is >10 years ahead in the nanny state stakes. In this case (unusually) with good reason, we can’t be having bushfires and the like. Organized, approved arrangements are okay of course.

My point is everyone gets used to it very quickly. 15 years ago (or whenever it was) the indoor smoking ban would have been unimaginable, now it’s the norm.

They will be banned for general sale I’m sure, and I don’t see it as an erosion of right issue in this case, it’ll be something you can’t believe used to be allowed.

[AlexC1981]

deckster said:

dukeboy749r said:

I think you've become THE Victor Meldrew of PH.

Dogs and motorbikes versus fireworks that are (in the wrong hands, indeed even in just hands) dangerous, potentially lethal and are just as accessible if they are used only at organised displays?

Dogs are perfectly fine if not abused by people. Motorbikes are a form of transport that are equally safe when used responsibly.

Perhaps inadvertently, you have just proven quite how good the analogy was.

Motorbikes are one of the most dangerous forms of travel and are far too loud to be in residential streets. My neighbour's dog goes out barking first thing in the morning and late at night, which is far more disturbing than a few evenings of fireworks per year.

More people are killed by dogs than fireworks, so clearly the sale of dogs must be restricted to businesses who can be licenced for public displays.

Ban everything, then we can all be happy and safe.

[ZedLeg]

I find the amount of people who choose the right for anyone to buy explosives for two months a year as their hill to die on hilarious.

There's nothing new about scallies setting off fireworks in the park, I've got the scars to prove it . However I don't see the need for anyone to have fireworks outside of organised displays. Admittedly I don't see the appeal of spending £100 quid on some disappointing wee rockets when I can go watch a proper display for free and I can do without spending weeks at this time of the year trying to chill my pets out as we get random explosions through the night.

I'm not anti fireworks in general, I used to live right next to Edinburgh castle and always enjoyed the 4000 firework displays they had through the year . Just one of those things I'd rather leave to professionals.