Fireworks Should Be Banned

[Mark Roberts]

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it does happen!

i've not said it doesn't happen, but why ban fireworks due to a minority? deal with that minority and make examples of them.

if we banned everything that some didn't agree with there would be nothing left.

I don't agree with people over 70 driving but I dont want a blanket ban.

There are lots of things I don't agree with but that doesnt mean I want to see them banned controlled better maybe but not banned.

 

[Janimal]

One of the fireman on the TV (Breakfast TV) said the majority of burns caused in children is from SPARKLERS, and yes we are all guilty of giving them to our kids.

They burn at the same heat as a blow torch apparently.... frightening to think we wouldnt give our kids a blow torch to play with though but would give them a sparkler.

I say ban them all - they are lethal weapons in the wrong hands.

Whats wrong with watching them from a safe distance .... at an organised display, with authorised persons letting them off.?

 

[Mark Roberts]

I say ban them all - they are lethal weapons in the wrong hands.
Whats wrong with watching them from a safe distance .... at an organised display, with authorised persons letting them off.?

Nothing thats what our kids have always done :thumbsup: we take ours to a council organised fire/fireworks desplay with a fair ground ect theres a good police/ambulance presance (just in case) and they have a great night.

BUT if a lot of those that have posted get their way you wouldnt even have those as they are bound to be near someones house/dogs even the organised 1's are near where we live each event is backed onto by houses.

the probelem is with your reply is the top bit says "BAN THEM ALL" then you say "go to an organised event?" you cant have it both ways?

 

[Boffy01]

Cars and trucks ARE licensed so that if someone is driving irreponsibly or dangerously they can be identified and dealt with appropriately. My grandmother did have a firework pushed through her letterbox, it does happen!

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Ditto My Nan also had a rocket through her letter box was she was 5 months pregnant with my mum. Anyway it burned a big hole in the back of the chair were she was sat. Thankfully she was ok & she didn't go into early labour.

I don't want to kill people's fun but fireworks are dangerous not only to the person lighting them but to others also. At least at organised events there are Ambulances standing by in case someone does get hurt.

Michelle

 

[Janimal]

I say ban them all - they are lethal weapons in the wrong hands.
Whats wrong with watching them from a safe distance .... at an organised display, with authorised persons letting them off.?

Nothing thats what our kids have always done :thumbsup: we take ours to a council organised fire/fireworks desplay with a fair ground ect theres a good police/ambulance presance (just in case) and they have a great night.

BUT if a lot of those that have posted get their way you wouldnt even have those as they are bound to be near someones house/dogs even the organised 1's are near where we live each event is backed onto by houses.

the probelem is with your reply is the top bit says "BAN THEM ALL" then you say "go to an organised event?" you cant have it both ways?

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My apologies .... I did mean BAN THEM FROM PUBLIC SALE

and looks like there are more fratalities....

and not directly

Swans death

 

[whippetmad]

how would you feel if someone ran a child over (yes it's happened) would you want all cars/trucks ect banned.

Cars and trucks ARE licensed so that if someone is driving irreponsibly or dangerously they can be identified and dealt with appropriately. Drivers also have to pass a test to show they are competent to use them, and have insurance in case they do hurt a third party. Pity these things didn't apply to fireworks.

My grandmother did have a firework pushed through her letterbox, it does happen!

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EXACTLY :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Don't get me wrong,they are pretty to see,all i,m saying is they should not be held at HOME and not sold in the shops!!!!they should be just organize events with a license,same with wedding,birthdays etc,at least it will be a safer community.

 

[whippetmad]

I say ban them all - they are lethal weapons in the wrong hands.
Whats wrong with watching them from a safe distance .... at an organised display, with authorised persons letting them off.?

Nothing thats what our kids have always done :thumbsup: we take ours to a council organised fire/fireworks desplay with a fair ground ect theres a good police/ambulance presance (just in case) and they have a great night.

BUT if a lot of those that have posted get their way you wouldnt even have those as they are bound to be near someones house/dogs even the organised 1's are near where we live each event is backed onto by houses.

the probelem is with your reply is the top bit says "BAN THEM ALL" then you say "go to an organised event?" you cant have it both ways?

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My apologies .... I did mean BAN THEM FROM PUBLIC SALE

and looks like there are more fratalities....

and not directly

Swans death

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poor things

 

[05whippet]

forgot to ad, as a child i was hurt by a bangor i was messing with (YES MESSING) i've seen children with minor burns due to fireworks/sparklers.
fireworks dont injure people? people do!

if dogs are gotten used to loud bangs they wouldnt notice it, all our except 1 stand in the garden watching them going off (edited to add) "not in our garden but in the surrounding area".

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I disagree with that statement Mark! Our dogs are all well used to guns (OH shoots) and they have no problem with that at all but the other night when we went to take them out for their usual toileting in the paddock,Ryan opened the back door and suddenly a really loud firework went off (there had been none going off before he went to let them out),before he could get the door shut again Teazel one of our Whippets shot out past him and down the drive with Badger her brother in hot pursuit and behind them Molly our Poodle,the two Whippets cleared the gate,it is 4ft 6in and were gone! Ryan went out after them calling frantically,Badger turned and came back luckily but Teazel was away,Molly had managed to get inside the car and was shaking herself to pieces on the back seat.We spent hours trying to find Teazel and eventually resigned ourselves to the fact that it was dark,and we live out in the country therefore she could be anywhere as we are surrounded by fields!! We just hoped that she would find her way back home and stay off the roads,as the people around here are'nt very nice and I have seen them swerve to hit pheasants etc and also to actually drive over a cat at the other end of the road outside someones house until it was smeared into the road!! (we eventually went down with a shovel and scooped it off the road!)so we just hoped that no-one would hit her.

Incidently the person letting the freworks off lives directly behind our back paddock and there were fireworks coming down into it still lit.....and we have sheep in there!! I would dread to think what would've happened had one landed lit on any of the sheeps backs!! Thankfully the horses are away on further down the road in a field well set back.

Teazel did come back thankfully,but now both her and her brother and Molly are petrified off the loudbangs of the fireworks and shake and pant and work themselves up into a right state,so no I don't agree with your statement at all.

I also don't want to see them banned totally,but I feel that they should be banned from personal use.

 

[JOHNG]

i agree they should be banned for personal use,they should only be allowed at a controled display :- " as i type this they are still going off.

 

[Janimal]

Yes :rant: :rant:

and Ive just ...returned from my evening walk .....

half way through it passed an estate and yes youve guessed FIREWORKS :rant: again-- those really loud whizzy things that shoot off into the sky then crack into a loud explosion of light, Oscar was scared -Sh....l..ss to say the least :rant:

I did what you said Mark and stood and let him watch for a while (w00t) it made not a hapence of difference

hes almost pulled me home at one hundred miles an hour, shaking and shivverring... :rant: - hes on my bed now

and Yet Kobi couldnt care less.

Its just if you knew when they were going off, you wouldnt set off in the first place with them.

 

[*Lesley*]

My dogs are unfazed by them and Jordan likes them but I wouldn't mind at all if they were banned for personal use and only allowed at organised displays I would be glad really :thumbsup:

 

[wild whippies]

Must admit I thought people were voting for a ban against their sale to the public not a total ban as most people seemed to reply saying so? I can't stand them myself but I wouldn't deprive those that enjoy them either. To me organised events allow this without infringing on the rights of others who may feel they shouldn't have to tolerate them.

Had a few going off here tonight whilst walking Dobs, have to admit mine couldn't care less. I actually think there's not been that many going off this year. We've had 2 kids admitted with facial burns though after an aerosol went on a bonfire in Widnes.

 

[whippetmad]

i heard today somewhere in the South West some fireworks went off in their garden and headed into their window and caught someone,that person is now scarred for life on her face.

 

[kris]

ive been having words with folk on another site (non doggy) who think im 'totally out of order' and 'a spoilsport' for wanting them banned from public sale and only allowing their use at safely organised events.they think im 'unreasonable' and a 'spoilsport' and a 'moaner'.so i told them that most of the folk on this site want them banned from being sold to the public and i think they think youre all spoilsports here too! :- " granted a lot of them are families with young children and they stated that not all kids are yobs terrifying animals and old folk,which i agree with but the problem is that THERE ARE a lot of yobs around who do precisely this!

 

[midlanderkeith]

ive been having words with folk on another site (non doggy) who think im 'totally out of order' and 'a spoilsport' for wanting them banned from public sale and only allowing their use at safely organised events.they think im 'unreasonable' and a 'spoilsport' and a 'moaner'.so i told them that most of the folk on this site want them banned from being sold to the public and i think they think youre all spoilsports here too! :- " granted a lot of them are families with young children and they stated that not all kids are yobs terrifying animals and old folk,which i agree with but the problem is that THERE ARE a lot of yobs around who do precisely this!

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How dare you go on a non doggy site in the first place :- " then come on here and tell us we are spoilsports, ban the dam fireworks even at public events, as for moaning, you never here me moaning, now im off to bed, my backs killing me, and my piles have to be seen to be believed, and ive got a headache thro reading all those replies about danas piggin socks :lol:

 

[Mark Roberts]

Our vet sells a tape of fireworks going off, the idea is you start playing it now for next year (or Christmas/new year/ birthdays ect)

The idea being they get used to it and see it as an accepted noise.

although ours are used to them and arnt bothered in the least I still wouldnt walk them in the evening when they are most likely to be going off.

I personaly would like to see only organised desplays run by local councils ect but as I stated earlyer the 5 that are run by local councels all have houses backing onto the fields were they are held so even then someones dogs would be getting stressed?

 

[wild whippies]

I don't walk them in residential areas and where I live is far away from where fireworks are going off so I don't have to worry about them startling them in the garden either. I certainly don't think it is a good idea to be walking them through a warzone incase anyone thinks this is the case. :thumbsup:

 

[Janimal]

In our case I only live in a village......

there was no fireworks when I set off.... but passed an estate where obviously someone was having a little party for the kids with fireworks going off.

I retreated quickly towards home - but Oscar could still see them going off into the sky .... (I dont think they are like the fireworks we had as kids - nothing like.) they always seem louder and like the ones used at displays now.

I certainly wouldnt walk them through a warzone..... (w00t) but why should I not walk my dogs out, when thats what they are used to.

 

[Mark Roberts]

they always seem louder and like the ones used at displays now

Thats the problem these days gone are the small things light the traffic lights ect ect in are the big bang stuff.

but why should I not walk my dogs out, when thats what they are used to.

but then those who like fireworks could ask "why shouldnt we have fireworks"

although i'd vote against a ban I do feel they are to widely used now for to many occasions (xmas, new year, halloween, birthdays, marraiges ethinic ceromonies ect)

 

[stormydog]

they always seem louder and like the ones used at displays now

Thats the problem these days gone are the small things light the traffic lights ect ect in are the big bang stuff.

but why should I not walk my dogs out, when thats what they are used to.

but then those who like fireworks could ask "why shouldnt we have fireworks"

although i'd vote against a ban I do feel they are to widely used now for to many occasions (xmas, new year, halloween, birthdays, marraiges ethinic ceromonies ect)

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MARK MATEY

YOU WOULD BE BETTER JOINING -UP AND GOING TO BASRA IRAQ IF YOU LIKE FLASHES AND BANGS THAT MUCH ! (w00t)

they should used miles from residential areas under license and not by joe-dick head-public...but who am i to determine if they are an anti-social stupid bloody thing anyway ? :- "

j hn