To be delighted that Sainsbury’s have decided not to sell fireworks this year?

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Now just hoping the other supermarkets follow in due course.

Also a complete ban may actually be effective. It’s almost unheard of for people to buy fireworks illegally where I am from but then again that may be because people have been raised with more sense than to set off explosives in their back yards.

I'm so glad. I used to live in London and have squibs thrown at my legs round this time of year.

I am constantly amazed that in these 'Be alert' terrorist-vigilance days, that people can buy gunpowder products in Waitrose! Leave a bag stuffed full of that on the Tube - perfectly legally .

Not to mention the dozens of burns victims every single year caused by fireworks.

Those that can't go to watch a display, and think their Human Rights are being eroded cos they can't set off a tube of gunpowder in their back gardens, my heart bleeds for you.

Fireworks are an essential part of Diwali celebrations. I bet the other supermarkets in Hindu / Indian areas are loving this as Sainsburys tend to be really popular amongst the Indian community. This will impact on their day to day business.

love fireworks, love being in a garden with a bombfire, have spuds and hot dogs. Such a different eal to an organised display. It won't stop the idiot kids getting hands on them and letting them off in the streat.

Also have always had pets.

I really don't see the problem if people use them responsibly in their own gardens in the few days surrounding bonfire night.

Neither do I, but too many people let them off whenever they feel like it and a small minority abuse them.

I don't get the probem to be honest? As has been pointed out several times, no one is asking for a ban altogether. Just go to an organised display. They are so much better than the crap you can buy in the shops as well.

I like proper displays but our wanker neighbours started doing them in their garden a fucking week ago and it hasn’t stopped. It’s still October!

Well done Sainsbury’s!

Wait, you can buy fireworks in supermarkets in the UK???? I knew they were legal but bloody hell that seems mental from here (ROI).

People who are going to be irresponsible with them will find ways of getting hold of them anyway, and they're more likely to be made without proper safety checks etc.

for those saying it won’t make a difference...it’s a start. How many of you thought plastic bag usage would be so radically reduced?

Didn’t wales start that trend?

love fireworks, love being in a garden with a bombfire

I hope this is a freudian slip?!

Having almost been injured myself and knowing someone who was injured (and lost an eye) due to stray fireworks I really really wish they would ban them other than at large events where the organisers need some form of license to hold it which shows h&s regs have been met.

@lanbro you can sell them year round now. Morrison's had them Monday

I hope they ban them. It should be organised displays only. The fireworks sold now are much louder than they used to be and they’re set off any time from now until new year. How are you supposed to keep terrified pets safely indoors for weeks at a time?

At least I don’t live in an area where you need to tape down the letterbox every night in case some idiot puts a firework through it or right next to public green space where teenagers set off fireworks as something to do of an evening.

I really don't see the problem if people use them responsibly in their own gardens in the few days surrounding bonfire night.

It's not just bonfire night though is it?

Bonfire night
New years eve
Chinese new year
Diwali
Eid
Weddings

Hardly a night goes by where I don't hear at least a couple of fireworks coming from somewhere.

Great news.

Wait, you can buy fireworks in supermarkets in the UK???? I knew they were legal but bloody hell that seems mental from here (ROI).

I used to be quite friendly with a girl from the ROI and she couldn't believe they were sold here when she first came over.

They are much more restricted in quite a few European countries, and also in Australia. The UK is almost backward when it comes to this. Its quite staggering when you think that anyone over the age of 18 can walk into a shop in buy them!

I’ve heard some set off in the past few weeks including some in daylight. I don’t know whether to complain about local shops selling to kids or about the general state of education in the U.K.

That's a shame, my son doesn't like the ones that are noisy and big like the big sisplaysy, so we always buy the small, quiet garden ones so that he can enjoy them. No rockets or bangers, just Roman candles, Catherine wheels and the like. I've never had the neighbours complain.

Agree with PP’s who have said they think they should only be allowed as part of organized public displays.

I actually don’t mind the at home fire works parties so much so long as they are at a reasonable time and on a day you would expect (Christmas/Diwali/New Year etc.) but way too many people set them off late in to the night or at random occasions and it spoils it. My pets are all fine with them thankfully, but I’ve seen how much it terrifies one of my mums dogs and it’s horrible to watch. She can prepare him for the “expected” occasions (a thunder shirt helps a little bit) but if they go off at 10 on a random Tuesday there’s no way to see it coming!

They should be banned for private use. There should be public displays only. Somebody said all her local public displays no longer took place. If they were banned for private sale there would be more organised displays.

BEST NEWS EVER! Hope it’s the beginning of the end of fireworks!

We lost a much loved furry companion and member of our family because the bang of a neighbour’s firework literally scared him to death (he had a heart attack). Its been two years and we’re still heartbroken over it even now! 😞

Another vote for organised displays only. Hate the bloody things.

@stucknoue no you can't...

"When canyousell fireworks? If you have applied to your local authority (and been granted) a storage licence, then youcanonlyselladultfireworksduring the following time periods: from 15 October to 10 November. from 26 to 31 December."