I'm not a killjoy, but I'm sitting here with a fucking terrified dog. He is not a dog who scares easily, but it sounds like the Blitz out there tonight I've got the TV turned up loud to drown out the sound, I've shut the curtains and he is still cowering in the corner. Not even the lure of a treat is bringing him out.
It's the same every year, selfish fuckers buying bombs to set off in their gardens with little consideration for neighbours with pets and young children. At least pets have shelter from it though, farm animals and wildlife don't.
In fact I hate the entire concept of bonfire night really. Burning a catholic on a bonfire. How is that still acceptable in 2014.
Just go to a public display and stop inflicting this noise on your neighbours please!
AIBU?
To want fireworks banned from public sale?
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I say this every year. I have small children that are absolutely petrified of them and go ballistic every time one goes off. I really struggle to get them to settle down and get to sleep at this time of year, it's awful. But it's not just that... They scare animals, cause countless injuries, majorly waste emergency services time and I don't even think they're worth it anyway! Fireworks are pretty naff. IMO when you've seen one, you've seen them all. Just loud colours in the sky 
. And yes they are, in effect, bombs. Legal bombs that can be bought in supermarkets. Fucking crazy.
Controlled public displays are the way forward. If you want fireworks go enjoy them but don't inflict them on the rest of us that don't like them. I think it bugs me more that they go off for about a week either side of Guy Fawkes and same again with New Years. Nightmare.
"I m saddened by all the animals that have suffered, but I wonder why all the owners don't stable their horses at night at this time of year."
This is something that gets debated on the horse forums every year. The thing is, arguably it's better to have the horses out where they can see all around them. They are prey animals, so when they have a noisy and unknown threat going on (like a storm), you will see them highly agitated, out in the middle of a field looking to see where it's coming from and deciding if they need to run away. In a stable they can only look out over the door, and they've got solid walls to bounce off. Horrific injuries happen to stabled horses on firework night, not because they are directly hurt by fireworks, but from incidents where they try to jump out over the door, or fall and hurt themselves in panic. And... rather bad to shut the top of the stable door and confine them inside a complete box, most horses are bothered by that on a good night!
Of course there are the barns of hay, and even stables, that have been set alight by stray fireworks, (And Chinese fucking lanterns!!), causing loss, injury and death. And the stupid neighbours who point their fireworks over the nearest open space - the horses' field.
I suppose people could be banned from keeping pet and companion animals so that others can have the joy of fireworks without all this bother. 
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