Fucking fireworks! There's really no need is there?

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Organised displays, fine. In fact, fun. But people shouldn’t be able to buy firework and set them off randomly, in my opinion. They should be for professional use only.

I CANNOT believe there are some individuals on here who are criticising you for complaining about noisy fireworks. Are they mad??? Don't they realise that these idiots who let off fireworks at Ridiculous O'Clock are a BIG nuisance??? They terrorise animals and people, and should be confined to just public displays. Shame on these supermarkets who are selling these infernal things weeks before Guy Fawkes night is even here. I hate them. BAN FIREWORKS NOW.

We still have them going off here (outside Edinburgh) my dogs stressed out

YANBU. As others have said, it's the fact that it isn't just a few specific nights that you can plan for. Anybody can buy them and let them off so there's no way to anticipate it. It terrifies many animals, many young children and many vulnerable people. My elderly neighbour won't leave his house after about 4pm from the start of October, he says he feels like a prisoner, and the effect it has on my disabled niece is really distressing to witness. That's not to even mention the torment my dog goes through. So no, I don't think it's miserable to object OP. I think people are really selfish and inconsiderate when it comes to fireworks.

I love fireworks. I love them so much.

But I would never have them on any night other than 5 November or go to a local event on the nearest Saturday that has been well advertised. Letting them off for the sake of it days in advance is thoughtless and unnecessary.

Isn't it interesting that the replies on thread from people who enjoy them say just that. 'I love them (so fuck what is happening to anyone else)'

Sums the whole thing up really.

As for ... Diwali

ODFOD

Had them all evening here, I've never known Halloween to be a fireworks event? We've had the odd one here and there for a week or so but tonight there's been a lot. Poor dog is demented, and neighbours have just had a moan about the dog barking - I have sedation for her for sat and sun but didn't expect so many tonight and I don't want to sedate her that often anyway! A home made thunder blanket didn't work either, she just tried to rip it off. It's 10.30 and they're still going off.... The damned things need to be banned for all except organised displays because it's getting ridiculous now.

They should only be allowed at public displays. At least then you'd know when to expect them.

Our poor dog is so stressed by them. I decided to take him for his walks in an afternoon rather than in the evening this week but both yesterday and today we've heard fuckwits letting them off at around 3pm.

I looked at the price of them and was shocked.
I don't mind up till 9pm but does it have to be every night between October and Jan?

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They should be banned for home use. They have been going off for two weeks here. Thankfully the dog couldn’t care less she’s just puts her head up for really loud ones. My husband however is terminally ill and last week was really unwell and every time he’d start to fall asleep one would bang and wake him up even when it was light out.

One of my dogs is so upset by the fireworks, which have been going off here from about 3pm (WHY)- gone midnight most nights for a fortnight, that he has constant diarrhoea and vomit. The poor dog is currently at the vet with my OH because he only weighs 6lb anyway and can't afford to lose anymore weight.
The poor dog is wreck.

If it was just Halloween, Guy Fawkes and New Year we could send him to family out in the country but we live in a busy city with fireworks going off from mid-Oct until Jan 1st. If gets old.

I wouldn’t mind the main nights, but every bloody night for weeks we get random bangs. Poor dog spends every evening panicking - we can sedate him fir the odd night but not every day.
Last year next door but one let them off in their drive. Just stupid.
Sometimes it isn’t even dark when they start so it’s very unpredictable

I hate and detest fireworks. I feel so sorry for the animals that are terrified by them, and for those people who suffer from PTSD who are terrified by them. Any moron can buy them, and every year we have to put up with this shit. Ollivander I am so sorry to read that.

Ollivander

www.dogingtonpost.com/italian-city-using-silent-fireworks-out-of-respect-for-animals/

running Yep - in Edinburgh city centre tonight. We're all multicultural round these parts, don't you know?

"At present any firework that exceeds 120 decibels must not be supplied to consumers. There are also low noise fireworks available that consumers can choose to buy, but we do not propose to bring in regulations to require all fireworks to be low noise."

Government response to recent petition to restrict use of fireworks.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/201947

I think a compromise could be made- allow fireworks but restrict really loud ones to licence/organised events

I think there is something like this^^ already in place. Anything over 120 decibels is only for organised events I think.

The problem is that even the 'quiet' fireworks are loud, smoky, pollute and are distressing for some animals, children and vulnerable people. It's another one of those things where people can't see past, "but I LIKE it". Usually not a problem if people are sensible about it; don't do anything stupid / dangerous, don't set them off in built up areas, restrict it to things like bonfire night and New Years only, (although, having lived near a big estate with a lot of Americans in it, I know there would be uproar if they were told they couldn't set of fireworks for 4th July, so it's difficult to know where to draw the line).

The problem is, that there are enough senseless, antisocial wankers around to make me think I'd ban the things if I possibly could.

I think a compromise could be made- allow fireworks but restrict really loud ones to licence/organised events

I think this is a very sensible suggestion from scentofwater

It would be a shame to ban home use altogether. But I remember when I was a kid we just use to get a few in a sort of selection box. Nothing really huge. And they were saved until Bonfire Night when we had the excitement of Dad setting them off in the back garden.

It's fine when it's just the day itself and the weekend before and/or after. Anything more is just antisocial.
As for NYE and Diwali
Maybe the best way to go would be prohibiting general sale and making them organised displays only.