[lostalex]

There was an episode of Idiot Abroad when the guy was in Mexico, and they had some holiday where they throw fireworks at each other, and set them off in the middle of the urban center and the cops don't seem to care at all. I forget the name of the festival, but it was pretty hilarious. I can't imagine anything like that happening in America or the UK though. I'm sure some people definitely lost some fingers.

Yes fireworks should be restricted to professional shows only. The professional ones are much nicer anyway. That being said people will still always get their hands on illegal fireworks.