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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I think yay! It's not just pets and wildlife that make this ban a good thing though. I think there are too many idiots who get their hands on fireworks and end up causing loads of shite. I hope other supermarkets decide to follow Sainsbury's. |
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Good idea, prefer organised events instead of the "any fool can buy a firework" ....and to be fair most are charity based, bonfire night you will never get rid of, pet owners (yes I'm one, 2 dogs, 3 cats) need to prepare for it........ |
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I think it's a good idea. Organised displays only would be best in my opinion. There are plenty of people (myself included) not just animals who are terrified by them. So knowing set times they go off would help massively.
Hopefully other shops follow suit. |
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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago
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Fireworks in the hands of the public is insane to be honest.
One of my dogs is terrified, the other not in the slightest. As has been said above, its not just pets that are scared but wildlife, livestock, older and vulnerable people. Veterans of the armed forces with PTSD are also potentionally vulnerable to the noise.
Then to top it all off you essentially have an explosive device in the hands of the general public. The simple fact that fireworks have been and still do get used by degenerates by strapping them to animals and being used for fun is reason enough not to have them be easily obtained by the public.
While I still don't like them at all myself, I can accept that they are enjoyed and am OK with them being used during professional organised displays and events. Though no idea why silent fireworks can't be used. The main draw is the visual, not the bang. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Can't believe i am ready this.... shops sell fireworks correctly make it to over 25's then you eliminate the idiot aspect of it..
Why ban the sale of something that has been a tradition for generations.. whats next. No Xmas crackers cause they are to dangerous. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I concur, too many people with fireworks is always a disaster, nothing worse than attempting to get to sleep as you’re up early and neighbours are setting up fireworks!! |
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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago
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"Can't believe i am ready this.... shops sell fireworks correctly make it to over 25's then you eliminate the idiot aspect of it..
Why ban the sale of something that has been a tradition for generations.. whats next. No Xmas crackers cause they are to dangerous."
Age does not directly relate to maturity and safe use of the product.
Once that "legit" 25 year old has bought the fireworks, does not automatically make that person the one to solely be in possession and use of them.
Lots of stuff was once tradition, does not make it right/wrong/safe/a good idea.
You can not compare a cracker to an explosive
Let's put the wellbeing and safety of millions of people and animals locked away in the closet just for a few minutes of loud bangs and pretty colours. |
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"Lets stop the Asian community celebrating Diwali. That is coming up and is celebrated by lots of fireworks both public displays and back gardens..
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Who said anything about it being for bonfire night only? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Can't believe i am ready this.... shops sell fireworks correctly make it to over 25's then you eliminate the idiot aspect of it..
Why ban the sale of something that has been a tradition for generations.. whats next. No Xmas crackers cause they are to dangerous."
You're acting like being over the age of 25 means you're not an idiot. And even if they are restricted to 25 and over, that doesn't stop kids from getting their hands on them.
It might be a tradition but they aren't toys, they are explosives that can do serious damage. I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that thousands of people end up being admitted to hospital with injuries because they treat them unicorn poop.
I don't disagree with organised displays and think that would be the best way forward as that way people can still enjoy them. It would stop fireworks going off weeks before bonfire night and weeks afterwards too  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Great idea, they should only be for organised displays now. The kids have been letting them off for weeks around here. I have 2 young adults in the house who it really upsets, they can’t cope with the constant bangs at all hours and it affects their sleep. Plus I live in an area of a high amount of pensioners and they get frightened by the noise. X |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Lets stop the Asian community celebrating Diwali. That is coming up and is celebrated by lots of fireworks both public displays and back gardens..
Who said anything about it being for bonfire night only? "
Diwali is just before November 5th and where i am there is a massive asian community. The fireworks go off every night for bout 10 days. Ban selling fireworks not just for 5th november is just PC brigade gone mad!
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"Lets stop the Asian community celebrating Diwali. That is coming up and is celebrated by lots of fireworks both public displays and back gardens..
Who said anything about it being for bonfire night only?
Diwali is just before November 5th and where i am there is a massive asian community. The fireworks go off every night for bout 10 days. Ban selling fireworks not just for 5th november is just PC brigade gone mad!
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They're not selling them full stop are they? Therefore it's not PC as you put it. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I think it's a good idea. Organised displays only would be best in my opinion. There are plenty of people (myself included) not just animals who are terrified by them. So knowing set times they go off would help massively.
Hopefully other shops follow suit."
Not to mention all the idiots who don't know what they're doing or teenagers shooting fireworks at passers by (like I came across in Birmingham city centre last year).
The sooner they're made unavailable to the general public the better. |
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By *SAchickWoman
over a year ago
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"Lets stop the Asian community celebrating Diwali. That is coming up and is celebrated by lots of fireworks both public displays and back gardens..
Who said anything about it being for bonfire night only?
Diwali is just before November 5th and where i am there is a massive asian community. The fireworks go off every night for bout 10 days. Ban selling fireworks not just for 5th november is just PC brigade gone mad!
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Sainsburys have stopped selling them all year round. Not just for the 5th November  |
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"Bravo to them!
I've got a terrified dog shaking behind a chair because idiot kids are setting them off now! "
Last night it was like downtown Beirut all the fireworks going off n the mega loud ones literally going off setting house alarms off my poor cats were terrified thank god I got them in safely n calmed them down my eldest cat who I sadly lost in August used to love bonfire night sat in my bedroom window watching them but my other 2 hate them and get so scared ... my cats will be on lockdown from next wk end til after Halloween n bonfire night so they are safe  |
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Makes no difference to anybody really. Other supermarkets sell them..
After a close call on a neighbours roof with a floating lantern a few yeats ago, i dont set fireworks off near houses any more.
It is a shame that people misuse them, spoils it for everyone else. They are pretty to look at! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I think yay! It's not just pets and wildlife that make this ban a good thing though. I think there are too many idiots who get their hands on fireworks and end up causing loads of shite. I hope other supermarkets decide to follow Sainsbury's. "
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