Fire work ban??

[kaz35]

Have I totally imagined this, or did I see / hear in the news somewhere that there was going to be a penalty for people who used fireworks on any date except Nov. 5th? (In Britain)

[bernardo]

The ban only applies between 11pm and 7am.

[FP]

Shame, it should be all hours, Bernardo.  I presume that we are not talking about organised firework displays. 

 

Again, I'm being an old fogey, but I do get rather upset when fireworks are used at private parties throughout the year now.  My mother phoned the police because she thought there was a shoot out going on in the neighbourhood!  It was in September and it was someone's 21st birthday. 

[rod]

Fakeplastic you dont like Christmass or Nov 5th chill out enjoy get in to the spirit, have fun party party party you only live once!

[FP]

Hey Rod, I didn't say I didn't like 5th November!!!

 

And Rod, I can party with the best of them - but not at Christmas!

 

 

[cheyenne]

I love firework night ,eversince i was a kid we have always enjoyed nov 5th.beware any more bans by this goverment and they will face the same period out of office as the dreary tories!!we are being over nannied by the state.dont push the British public to far!!LONG LIVE GUY FAWKES.

[FP]

I don't think the  government want to ban Guy Fawkes NIght Vinny.  As bernardo says the ban only applies between 11.00pm and 7.00am on days OTHER THAN GUY FAWKES NIGHT.  This isn't a bad thing, is it?  Some of the loud bangs can be quite daunting to elderly people (and old fogeys like me) when it's not 5th November.

[Greedyfly]

Organised events only - are the way forward. People are to irresponsible to have possession of fireworks.   Trained people only and events should be the only way to see fireworks.

[Ouisch]

Fakeplastic - I agree with you to some extent.  Here in the US, fireworks laws vary from state to state.  I live in Michigan, where it is illegal to possess/fire off anything larger than a sparkler, yet on July 4th, our neighborhood literally sounded like a war zone with all the booms and bangs.  Skyrockets exploded over almost every house.  And even my own family was guilty - my fireworks-mad brother had driven to South Carolina earlier in the year where fireworks are legal, and came home with an arsenal.  Sure, they're pretty to look at, but after a while the noise can be unbearable...  Not to mention the goofballs who manage to hurt themselves - a few years back we had to take my mom to the ER on July 4th because she was having chest pains, and the waiting room was overflowing with fireworks-injured people!

[rod]

Fakeplastic you party animal !!! and i got it wrong !!!

 you enjoy parties and your always welcome to let off --------------------------a loud one if the mood takes you  as long as you bring a bottle! .

 

[rod]

Bottle oops!!!!!!!! had a few !! Nov 6 Night 2!!

[cheyenne]

well if thats the law it sounds alright to me.i went to an organised display years ago and somebody got hit with a rocket,ive been letting fireworks of since i was 10 years old and yes it was legal to buy them at that age in the sixties,not to mention air rifle pellets,catupults,and peashooters,and touch wood ive never had a problem.it seems the freedom we enjoyed then has been slowly melting away.mind you there are more idiots about these days.

[5029]

Doubt it, in NI, the 2 big firework days are halloween and the 11th (of July) night

[smorodina]

It was not legal to buy fireworks at age 10 in the 60s - you had to be 13. However a lot of shopkeepers ignored the rule, and it wasn't policed very strictly (pretty easy to buy cigarettes under age back then too). I used to save up and buy the fireworks for our family, but there were two things that were very different. You could only buy them on the few weeks leading up to Guy Fawkes, and they were generally only set off on the night or the weekend closest to it. And whilst there were things that exploded, like roman candles, these were at about a tenth of the volume of today's.

 

I really hate the tendency of the state to become involved in legislating against people having fun, but it does seem that people no longer have the slightest consideration for their neighbours with these things going off like cannons till the early hours at every excuse throughout the year. I want to relax and watch a film or read a book in the evening without the house shaking like an earthquake every few minutes, so I won't oppose any restrictions.

[Hayhoe]

I live in Hong Kong, where fireworks are illegal unless used for public, organised displays. In such a built-up place, it would be extremely dangerous for individuals to use these explosives. There are plenty of superb fireworks displays at intervals throughout the year, so no one misses out.

 

The creation of fireworks displays should be reserved for professionals. There is no reason for fireworks to be sold to the general public. They end up being abused by children and sometimes used to hurt or scare animals.   

 

 

 

[Jules001]

well it is now 11.15p.m. and I can still hear fireworks going off, yes I know today is Diwali, but isn't that the Festival of Light? so why the loud bangs. I suppose we will have another night of it tomorrow as well

[kaz35]

Jules001:  I've never heard of Diwali, what exactly is it? Do you live in Britain?  x

[Jules001]

Kazzy - yes I live in Britain, Diwali is a Hindu festival which is celebrated with fireworks by the local community, although as I said it is the Festival of Light so noisy fireworks shouldn't be involved and certainly not so late at night, they were still going off at 1 a.m.

[jonjo]

how would you enforce a late night ban anyway