Fireworks should be banned

[Kamau]

Youths set off fireworks and rockets near a friend's sheep and horses on Sat night. His collie dog took fright, ran blindly onto the A75 road near Castle Douglas and was killed. The horses and sheep were OK but rocket sticks found in their field.

It really is time fireworks were for organised public displays only. Every year there are accidents and injuries to people, wildlife and domestic animals, the elderly in towns too frightened to go out etc etc Horses are particularly vulnerable and often try to jump fences in the dark to escape, resulting in serious injuries or death. Owners can prepare and keep animals safe one night a year.

I have trawled amongst the petitions--this seems the best and I would be grateful if you would add to signatories--thank you

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Firework-abuse

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to License the use of fireworks for public display only on recognised dates

Every year countless pet and wild animals are killed owing to the random letting off of fireworks. Children, in the main, insist on annoying and terrifying elderly people and pets. There is no end to it and I ask the government to restrict the purchase and use of fireworks to public display only. I am not against fireworks but I am against their random 24/7 abuse.

[xoggoth]

Agree it should perhaps not be year round but public displays only? Balls to that. Too many restrictions on enjoyment by millions on the basis of an occasional abuse. How many other collie dogs have been frightened onto the A57 and killed? Name one. Pah! you can't can you?

[DimPrawn]

Perhaps the government could pay EDS £10bn for a database to track every firework ever made.....blah blah...

[Moose423956]

I agree with Kamau, always have on this one. Let's face it, fireworks are explosives. If someone was selling explosives to anyone over the age of 16, they'd be locked up pretty quickly.

And it's always the innocents who get hurt. There aren't any occasions when the yobs who are trying to scare old people and animals get their hands blown off, is it.

[AtW]

Let's ban cars - they kill around 4000 people very year.

Also lets ban living - this kills millions every year.

[Moose423956]

Also lets ban living - this kills millions every year.

I think you'll find that dying kills people, not living. HTH.

[Alf W]

What nonsense. Putting bangers in cowpats, dog turds and milk bottles made some of the fondest memories of my youth. I shall be doing the full Dad thing of getting some beers down me and then entertaining the kids by lighting fireworks with a fag (and I don't care what anyone says, fags are THE best way of lighting fireworks).

Remember folks, we're celebrating someone trying to blow up the Houses of Parliament.

[Sockpuppet]

I agree with Kamau, always have on this one. Let's face it, fireworks are explosives. If someone was selling explosives to anyone over the age of 16, they'd be locked up pretty quickly.

And it's always the innocents who get hurt. There aren't any occasions when the yobs who are trying to scare old people and animals get their hands blown off, is it.

Does that mean you can sell explosives to under 16s?

Maybe Yobs are just more firework savvy. Probably comes from the fact they use them more than good people.

I say fireworks are a good idea. If me and some mates want to organise a party and use some fireworks why should some tulips make that not possible for me.

Its like IR35. Its only needed because some people who ARE employees decided to blatantly take the daisy (no salary, max divis, 9billion a day subsistence)- where as people who are in business on their own account got shafted.

[Sockpuppet]

Remember folks, we're celebrating someone trying to blow up the Houses of Parliament.

Amen to that brother.

Does that mean becuase the IRA tried to do the same with Semtex then we can let some off in celebration.

[Moose423956]

Does that mean you can sell explosives to under 16s?

No. What I was trying to say..oh, what's the point. No-one cares what I think anyway. I'm going to bed.