> > Not to be a total nitpick, but wasn't the original post about fireworks?
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> > There are many laws pertaining to fireworks in my area, but I can say with confidence that they were created for the safety of children.
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> > You see, the laws were most likely not created to protect me from eating a bottle rocket, but to protect Jimbo from throwing a M-80 in my face.
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> > These laws are in place for a good reason, and that is that (as said before) children take stupid risks, do stupid things, and are generally pretty stupid when it comes to fireworks.
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> I'm fairly certain that laws that regulate the purchasing and using of fireworks have a twofold purpose. One being the personal injury concerns as you stated, the other would be fire prevention. I live in a state that does not allow any fireworks that move more than one foot along the ground, explode, or launch more than ten feet in the air. This time of year tends to be a lot dryer, therefore the risk of fire increases dramatically. It's pretty easy to see how one firework could launch into the air, drop into a neighbor's yard a couple blocks away, and set their lawn on fire. Even out in the more rural areas, one could easily set ablaze an agricultural crop, or a forest.
> These types of laws are essentially set in place because too many people are irresponsible with their fireworks. If eveyone could celebrate by having a recovery crew, complete with extinguishers, to ensure that everything that goes up is also disposed of properly, laws wouldn't need to be quite so stringent. But until that day when the entire populace gains that clue, we all have to live under the same rules.
> That is until they offer safety classes that result in certification or licensing that allows for such activity.
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> Tra "Only you can prevent forest fires" nio

Exactly. We have such laws only when it's deemed dry enough to be hazardous when used carelessly(Unlike other states which have a permanent ban on them, unless you have a license). There are plenty of trees around where I live. My next door neighbor has a lot of cars under an open wooden shelter. Someone could easily set the neighborhood ablaze, if they're not careful. And, sadly, people aren't as careful as we'd like to think.

Nyperold