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I'm glad this discussion is still ongoing.  My husband (the purse carrier) and I were talking about fireworks last night, when he said, "I can't believe they are still selling them!" as he glanced at all the fireworks stands near our house.  But I can see both sides.  However, fireworks fundraisers are usually the biggest money makers for local non-profits all year.  Banning the sale of the the fireworks would put a big dent in the budgets of the folks who rely on those sales each July 2-4. I said to him that banning fireworks would be just like banning hand guns & rifles -- the "good" people, i.e., the rule followers, law abiders--the ones who don't use them illegally anyway--would continue abiding by the law, but it's the law breakers, selfish citizens who care only about getting what they want, who would find a way to purchase them and start fires (or kill, maim people). It isn't the law abiders who cause the problems, so...
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