Do you think fireworks should be banned?

[Josy]

Do you think fireworks should be banned?

[Cal.]

Yeah they're atrocious

[Toy Soldier]

Professional no... Available to all, yes.

[Josy]

Professional no... Available to all, yes.

This is my thoughts too, professional and organised events and displays are fine but being available for anyone to buy should be stopped.

[thesheriff443]

Pretty pointless, plus they scare animals

[Eddie.]

True, its just sparks of coloured fire which rises up to the air and explodes, which makes noise and is pretty rubbish actually, I agree that it can be used by professionals, as long as they follow the right instructions, and cause no harm...

[joeysteele]

Professional no... Available to all, yes.

Absolutely, this for me too.

[Amy Jade]

I think they should be banned for the general public. Proffesional displays I don't mind.

I wish they would ban the noise though and make them all quiet, it upsets so many poor animals and probably some children and the elderly.

[smudgie]

Surprised to find myself saying no.
I can't stand the noise they make, as a child I always sat on my nana's washing machine and watched them through the window as I was really scared of the bangers etc, still jump from October onwards now when the bangers go off.
However, I also remember the lovely bonfire night parties we had in the past.
I do think the rules and laws around the use of them should be tightened up though, apart from organised public displays then you should only be allowed to use them on your own property, not in the streets, also not be allowed to use them after midnight apart from New Year's Eve, perhaps an extra 15 minutes for that one night of the year.:shrug:

[waterhog]

Do you think fireworks should be banned?

we have this every year. same old same old and guess what - I am sure I will get done a poem on my own personal firework :joker:

[Cherie]

Surprised to find myself saying no.
I can't stand the noise they make, as a child I always sat on my nana's washing machine and watched them through the window as I was really scared of the bangers etc, still jump from October onwards now when the bangers go off.
However, I also remember the lovely bonfire night parties we had in the past.
I do think the rules and laws around the use of them should be tightened up though, apart from organised public displays then you should only be allowed to use them on your own property, not in the streets, also not be allowed to use them after midnight apart from New Year's Eve, perhaps an extra 15 minutes for that one night of the year.:shrug:

You cannot in all honesty police that though, as if someone want to set of a few fireworks at 4am how can you stop them doing it.

I am not sure they should be banned, it goes on for a few weeks depending on when Diwali and then dies down again until NYE, I think they should be modified so they are not as powerful so any sold to individuals are not the ones that sound like a bomb going off.

Professional displays should remain as they are.

[Ashley.]

I think they should be banned for the general public. Proffesional displays I don't mind.

I wish they would ban the noise though and make them all quiet, it upsets so many poor animals and probably some children and the elderly.

Bending the laws of vibration for Amy Jade?

[caprimint]

Not at all, they are far too pretty to ban. Creates a nice atmosphere when you go for a night out with a bonfire and everything as well.

(I don't however agree with them being set off like a month in advance)

[Kizzy]

No, I'd say there should be tighter controls on the sales of display only fireworks though.

[T*]

No, but I think if they’re going to use them they have to inform locals if they use them bc it’s not fair on animals to have loud noises sprung on them, we heard people using them in July around when people would be outside with their pets and that’s horrendous

[James]

Making sure they are only sold to adults makes a huge difference to the problem of them being set off well in advance of bonfire night.

[LukeB]

They should be banned after 10pm

[Cherie]

:Making sure they are only sold to adults makes a huge difference to the problem of them being set off well in advance of bonfire night.

Not sure what happens in Scotland but you have to have id if you are under 25 in England

[Shaun]

I don't think they should be sold to the general public. Should just be left to professional events.

[Glenn.]

Love fireworks but agree that they should only be at professional events etc. Too many idiots letting them off at all hours. God I’m so old

[Firewire]

Yes, my dog is terrified and it hurts me that he is so distressed

[Jodie.]

Professional no... Available to all, yes.

This with the exception of bonfire night x

[Withano]

People who's video record fireworks should be banned. Nobody wants to rewatch that you idiot.

[Daniel-X]

I don't think they should be sold to the general public. Should just be left to professional events.

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[caprimint]

And I agree about them just being available for professional events

[Daniel-X]

Don't understand those people who get all giddy over Bonfire Night, it's genuinely one of the worst days of the year.

[ethanjames]

professional events is fine but for the general public it shouldn't be especially late at night when ur trying to sleep

[Matthew.]

Yes. They make a **** ton of unnecessary noise, which upsets my dog and on a lighthearted note, I can’t hear the telly because of all the distracting banging outside :wink:

[Morgan.]

I read it as if fireworks was a member and thought TiBB had begin its own little Jury System :joker:

But more on topic, I don't really mind fireworks if they're in November and on the 5th. Or on other occasions like New Years and Christmas. It should be banned in the spring/summer.

[Vicky.]

Professional no... Available to all, yes.

Yup this.

I mean, as a kid my dad always did a little display in the backyard and everything went ok, as he was sensible (and maybe an element of luck, as obviously things could happen even without being daft) but on the whole, pyrotechnics should be left tot the experts as its just...so dangerous IMO

[Vicky.]

People who's video record fireworks should be banned. Nobody wants to rewatch that you idiot.

I did this when I saw an amazing display at Disneyland :laugh:

[Withano]

I did this when I saw an amazing display at Disneyland :laugh:

Have you ever rewatched it?!

[Vicky.]

Have you ever rewatched it?!

As it turns out yes, but not because of the fireworks :S Long story short, my gran passed out during the display and there was absolute hell on and loads of people running round like headless chickens so we watched it back for that :laugh:

Its like those who will video concerts and that isnt it..seems a good idea at the time but really, you are not going to rewatch.

[Withano]

As it turns out yes, but not because of the fireworks :S Long story short, my gran passed out during the display and there was absolute hell on and loads of people running round like headless chickens so we watched it back for that :laugh:

Its like those who will video concerts and that isnt it..seems a good idea at the time but really, you are not going to rewatch.

That sounds traumatic! Sorry for bringing it up haha.

I agree though, like nobody has ever said "I'm bored, can I see a video of the firework display you watched last November" and yeh concerts are a funny one too, most of them are recorded professionally! Theres no need for your iPhone copy!

[MTVN]

Don't care for fireworks, don't care for bonfire night, definitely do not think the government should ban families from having displays in their gardens though. I pretty much never do anything for bonfire night but when I do I prefer a small event with a few friends at someone's house to a large professional display which you have to pay to get into, get ripped off for food and drink and only see the display from half a mile away

[Strictly Jake]

Yeah I go along with everyone else they shouldn't be available for the general public they are rubbish anyway and dangerous and the noise is irritating but professionally they are good

[bots]

the danger comes from those that sell the unregulated fireworks like those that originate in China. Some of these things are very close to explosives and there is just no need for that. They also have less than wonderful fuse mechanisms, increasing the danger. No members of the public should have access to that stuff.

[Nicky91]

i like watching fireworks on new years eve :oh:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Only displays by local authorities

to jo public?

f that

[Cherie]

i like watching fireworks on new years eve :oh:

The issue in the UK is we have Diwali starts tonight, goes on for 5 days at least, then Halloween, then Guy Fawkes 5 Nov so you will have a month of them going off

[Toy Soldier]

Only displays by local authorities

to jo public?

f thatMy horrendous neighbours somehow got a box of professional ones from someone in the local authority last year (it had the council logo on it ffs!), deliberately set them to go off right outside our house at past midnight. They literally put them as close to the fence as they could get them.

If it happens this year they're going to wake up to an elaborate yet crude sketch of a firework scratched into the side of their car.

[Jordan.]

Yes and bonfire night should be scrapped it's just an excuse for chavs to set things on fire and act reckless.

[Livia]

I love fireworks and have them every year. But because I have a lot of animals around me, horses in the next field, for instance, I only buy the quiet ones. I much prefer them.

[jaxie]

I think they are best kept to organised displays and open areas rather in urban streets. The problem with the public having them is that people let them off pretty late and some evenings you will have them going off all night from different gardens. Terrifies my cats which isn't pleasant to watch.

When the kids were little we had a party with them at the bottom of the garden once and even though we thought we were very safe one fell over, shot into the open door, adults having to throw kids out of the way, and ricochet off the walls of the room. It was pretty scary, never again!

[Cherie]

I think they are best kept to organised displays and open areas rather in urban streets. The problem with the public having them is that people let them off pretty late and some evenings you will have them going off all night from different gardens. Terrifies my cats which isn't pleasant to watch.

When the kids were little we had a party with them at the bottom of the garden once and even though we thought we were very safe one fell over, shot into the open door, adults having to throw kids out of the way, and ricochet off the walls of the room. It was pretty scary, never again!



I know I shouldn't laugh but this is like something you would see in a cartoon. :laugh:

[Toy Soldier]

I think they are best kept to organised displays and open areas rather in urban streets. The problem with the public having them is that people let them off pretty late and some evenings you will have them going off all night from different gardens. Terrifies my cats which isn't pleasant to watch.

When the kids were little we had a party with them at the bottom of the garden once and even though we thought we were very safe one fell over, shot into the open door, adults having to throw kids out of the way, and ricochet off the walls of the room. It was pretty scary, never again!When I was a kid my dad tried... Once and only once... To do a display in our garden. One of them was a pinwheel attached to a wooden post... Only the post wasn't hammered far enough into the ground, so when it was lit it went spinning off around the garden - wooden post and all - with all of the neighbourhood kids leaping out of the way screaming.

Good times :joker:

[Cherie]

When I was a kid my dad tried... Once and only once... To do a display in our garden. One of them was a pinwheel attached to a wooden post... Only the post wasn't hammered far enough into the ground, so when it was lit it went spinning off around the garden - wooden post and all - with all of the neighbourhood kids leaping out of the way screaming.

Good times :joker:

:joker:

[Nancy.]

Not a fan of them, tbh. I'll never understand why people spend a fortune on them. My neighbour spent £200 pound on them a few years ago and I watched them from the bedroom window - they were pitiful - they didn't last no longer than a few minutes. For that money I'd have expected a whole lot more.

My dogs hate them, so I have to put the music on so they don't freak out.

Ugh...no..not keen at all.