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Government to debate selling fireworks to the public.

59 replies

cheeseslovesme · 15/11/2018 07:17

Just organised displays only. This will be debated on the 26th November. I for one will be glad if it is banned to sell to public. There's just too many mindless people setting them off late at night and all year round. I know of a few cases of using / throwing them on animals and killing or maiming them

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coolwalking · 15/11/2018 07:20

Good news - an organised display is lovely.

Hope the MPs have had many complaints from constituents and are prepared to debate on behalf of those people. I don't know anyone who wants them to be sold to the public.

moomin4071 · 15/11/2018 07:21

I will be glad of this also! Fed up of mindless morons setting them off when they like, if anything it's annoying.

picklemepopcorn · 15/11/2018 07:46

Totally agree.

HermioneWaslib · 15/11/2018 07:48

I’d hope they only ban the rocket type, we had some amazing Roman candles this year.

RobertDeNiro · 15/11/2018 07:52

I’d like them banned from general sale. It sounds like WW2 round here for half of November and I don’t think it’s wise to sell them to all and sundry- people get injured.

Mummymumm · 15/11/2018 07:56

Agreed. You always hear stories where idiot kids use them as weapons and stuff. I think they should only be allowed to be sold to organised displays.

EdithWeston · 15/11/2018 07:56

It's a 'yes but' from me.

Because it's nit just Bonfire night, it's also Diwali and NY, and not all immunity gatherings are huge displays.

So I'd like to see two tiers of licence, so that the current type on general sale can't be sold by licensed vendors to licensed community leaders. More powerful ones restricted to pyrotechnic display companies only, no retail.

I'd leave sparklers on general sale, and all indoors fireworks.

ohdearmymistake · 15/11/2018 08:14

About time, hope they ban them.

picklemepopcorn · 15/11/2018 08:27

The ridiculous thing is city supermarkets selling fireworks that can only be safely used in huge gardens which few people have.

Racecardriver · 15/11/2018 08:31

This wasn’t allowed where I grew up. I was a bit when I walked into the supermarket here one day to find mini explosives for sale. I also don’t get the obsession with setting tiny fireworks off in tiny gardens. Why? It’s not fun and it’s a nuisance to neighbours.

FrancisCrawford · 15/11/2018 08:38

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BehemothPullsThePeasantsPlough · 15/11/2018 08:42

What constitutes “organised” though? We went to a lovely community display on a local sports field: whip-round to cover the cost of the fireworks, couple of the dads staying sober and doing the setup and none of the children allowed near it. It was a fantastic and, IMO, acceptably safe event. What level of licensing would you need, because I’d like it to be light-touch enough to include events like that.

It would also be quite tough for families who are the only Chinese people for miles around to be forbidden to let off a couple of rockets for New Year.

LewisMam · 15/11/2018 08:43

Excellent news. Too many idiots setting them off at inappropriate times and places and injuring themselves, other people or animals. Often they set off just one firework - what’s the point of that? They’re clearly not having a “display” with one firework, they’re just causing trouble, and the bang terrifies my dog and my relative who has SN. Restrict them to licensed displays only.

Aftershock15 · 15/11/2018 08:45

I don’t agree with a ban. Most people who buy fireworks for home use do so responsibly. It’s a minority that abuse them. Same with alcohol and kitchen knives - you have to be an adult to buy them and most people use them responsibly. A small minority abuse them and cause harm to others - stabbing / drunk driving/ drunken violence- but we don’t stop making it legal to buy them.

LewisMam · 15/11/2018 08:49

What constitutes “organised” though?
Perhaps a better suggestion is to only permit displays organised by a licensed individual and notified in advance to the local council. Make the licence expensive enough so that troublemakers can’t afford one, and revoke the licence if the person does anything stupid. Individuals and local groups could still have displays, they’d just have to hire a professional operator.

LewisMam · 15/11/2018 08:52

It’s a minority that abuse them
If you drink or stab someone it affects maybe 1-2 people. Stupid use of fireworks affects all people and animals in a 2 mile radius. Even correct use of fireworks does. Which is why you should have to be licensed and notify the council in advance.

RB68 · 15/11/2018 08:56

I think noise based ones should be banned completely, and others restricted to organised displays. Sparklers are OK but even these are lethal in the wrong hands and environmentally crap in terms of disposal etc.

Without the noise there isn't a massive issue - even those using them to set fires and persecute people might not be keen as they no longer make big noises etc.

AnnabelleLecter · 15/11/2018 08:57

Agree the law needs tightening. 100% to organised displays only.

RB68 · 15/11/2018 08:57

I also feel sorry for shops that sell them or feel they have to (like supermarkets). The risks are so high with storage issues, handling issues and then policing who buys etc

Grace212 · 15/11/2018 08:58

I'd like a ban as well but if I recall correctly, the government debated it quite recently...I wonder what's prompted them to do it again, does anyone know?

It must be hugely problematic if you have pets, but in a rough part of town the main worry is people setting them off in enclosed spaces etc.

mydogisthebest · 15/11/2018 08:59

I really do hope they get banned. They have got worse over the last couple of years lasting weeks now and horrendous noise, even making my windows rattle.

I think this was debated last year though and, obviously, fireworks were not banned.

I wrote to my MP and mentioned all the animals and people that suffer because they are scared. She was useless and said she grew up in Northern Ireland where fireworks were banned and I should be grateful to live somewhere we can buy and use fireworks if we want to!

KlutzyDraconequus · 15/11/2018 09:08

I'd be in favour of a blanket ban on fireworks being sold to general public. I would agree with a permit system too, if permits were sold from gov.uk at a cost of £200 each and had a one use at specified time allowance with it authorising purchase for 4 weeks leading up to specified time.

If those didn't Ork I'd also be in favour of massively limiting the power and noise of this being sold to general public. Anything beyond a set height, noise level and explosive power would be banned. I think thy did similar with Catherine wheels and bangers?

Wearegerbil · 15/11/2018 10:21

We had a house fire in a town near us because of a firework landing in their garden and setting something alight.

OnlyFoolsnMothers · 15/11/2018 10:42

Really sad about this but I do hope they get banned. I love fireworks night and used to love fireworks parties at home when I was little but it’s better they are banned altogether having seeing social media footage of Teenagers letting them off at shop keepers locally! Enough is enough

AamdC · 15/11/2018 11:02

If rhey can ban them completely bthan make itva one night only thing at least we have had them goung 9ff for weeks even during the day!

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