Fireworks have been a part of Independence Day celebrations since the very beginning. Does OP mean a total ban to include professional public fireworks display or just for personal use? Because a total ban would definitely be unpopular.
They are 100% banned where I live. Doesn’t stop the thousands of people who light the em off all around me every year.
I’d be okay with them being allowed on the 4th, just no other day of the year.
At least limited to one day, you can plan to deal with them (pets, PTSD, taking the next day off work because you’re so got-danged tired from “boom boom boom” until 4 in the morning, etc).
I love fireworks so this was a very tough upvote for me.
This is an unpopular opinion indeed, even though you see people chiming in and agreeing here they are very much the minority as referenced by all the people who love watching those events or launching their own.
They are illegal in the city limits of where I live. I have a neighbor who has a years supply and randomly lets them off all year. And by randomly I mean, 2pm on a Tuesday, 4am Thursday morning, 8pm Sunday, pick a day, pick a time, spin the wheel, no one ever knows when or why this psycho does this. Immature people think blowing shit up is cool.
I have that same neighbor, and I hate them. Replace 2pm on a Tuesday with 2am, though.
Tonight it was 9:30 pm. And just one small cannon went off.
Ok, you win. Didn’t have that, but it was also Thursday.
Also, based on the downvotes, maybe our neighbors are on Lemmy? haha
there are some alternatives popping up like drone light shows (which can do some interesting displays fireworks can’t?) and if they got popular enough maybe people wouldn’t feel a need for fireworks as much
Finally, an unpopular opinion
absolutely correct they should ! and sadly for those struggling with PTSD or the thousands who are injured yearly, this is still an incredibly unpopular opinion.
