Should fireworks(public sales) be banned?

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sona said:
My old hood turned the 4th into an arms race to the point that it rivalled the show the city was putting on. Cops usually came by but were cool about it. I don't mind people shooting them off provided it isn't dry as dust.
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Sounds like my hood.

For the best non government sanctioned redneck fireworks show go to Myrtle Beach for the fourth. It's nonstop fireworks for a solid three hours.
 
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#55
Anyone know if you can only buy fireworks in Knoxville at one of those speciality stores, or do gas stations and grocery stores carry them?

Just need some sparklers.



On topic, I wouldn't let children play with them. I don't trust the quality of those firecrackers and bottle rockets.
 
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Nerd-Vol said:
Anyone know if you can only buy fireworks in Knoxville at one of those speciality stores, or do gas stations and grocery stores carry them?

Just need some sparklers.



On topic, I wouldn't let children play with them. I don't trust the quality of those firecrackers and bottle rockets.
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Can't trust the quality of other kids either. I remember holding out a firecracker for my buddy to light and he decided it would be funny to light the fuse at the wrong end. I couldn't get it out of my hand in time, hurt like a mf.
 
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#57
As someone who has put on a personal family show for years now I can tell you that the majority of firework accidents that happen literally involve stupidity. Sometimes you do run across fireworks that weren't made well, generally these are the kind that go up and explode sooner than they should. It's startling but that's usually about it. We've not had a single injury from those or at all actually. A contained shrub fire did occur a few years ago but that was also due to a faulty firework. It was a larger firework cake, not something I typically buy. Basically one of the inner tubes got tipped over by another one during firing and it shot sideways into a neighbors yard. Pro tip: If you're buying a firework cake (large box with multiple shots in it) and you hear something rattling around in it put it back on the shelf and get another one or just skip it altogether. In general if you're looking for height, concussion, and wow factor you want a mortar. Burnt off, harmless debris falling on your head is guaranteed.
 
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Nerd-Vol said:
Anyone know if you can only buy fireworks in Knoxville at one of those speciality stores, or do gas stations and grocery stores carry them?

Just need some sparklers.



On topic, I wouldn't let children play with them. I don't trust the quality of those firecrackers and bottle rockets.
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whattttt? you mean no screaming mimies, no fuzz buttles or honky lighters??
 
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Nerd-Vol said:
Anyone know if you can only buy fireworks in Knoxville at one of those speciality stores, or do gas stations and grocery stores carry them?

Just need some sparklers.



On topic, I wouldn't let children play with them. I don't trust the quality of those firecrackers and bottle rockets.
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To my knowledge, they are illegal to sell in Knox County. We are out West and usually hit the superstore at Watt Rd exit. There has been a smaller shop on KP at Dixie Lee for decades, and Bimbo's is in Lenoir City.
 
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ruger1234 said:
Sounds like my hood.

For the best non government sanctioned redneck fireworks show go to Myrtle Beach for the fourth. It's nonstop fireworks for a solid three hours.
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If you're in the area, Cookeville supposedly has the largest show in the state for the 4th. Plan to see for myself Tomorrow, so we'll see if it fits the bill. and if you want a pre-show, Baxter outside of Cookeville will have a Monday night fireworks at the catfish ponds and food joint. Suppose to be quite good. (Twin Lakes).
 
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#62
Alright, now the ish is getting old. Three nights in a row of my daughter up until midnight crying. There has to be a happy medium: maybe on the fourth after dark?
 
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A Tuesday forth kind of sucks. I fired off 8 sample mortars just after dusk but the rest of the subdivision was in full launch what you got mode at 10:30
 
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joevol33 said:
I dated a girl who had never shot any kind of fireworks. I lit a Roman candle and handed it to her, she got scared and turned to hand it back. As she did, it went off, and rolled up my lip, nose, and eye. Burnt me pretty good, and I have a scar under my mustache, eyebrow, and one on my nose.
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About 1963 a cousin got a fancy fake sheepskin lined brown suede jacket for X-mas. On new years we had a fireworks war. We'd cut the the paper rolls off 4 dry cleaner pants hangers in half, twist up the wires to make a "pistol grip" with 8 bottle rocket launch tubes. Buy a gazillion bottle rockets, roman candles and whistlers and it was war. We used chem lab goggles and lots of outer wear, toboggans and whatever. I shot a roman candle in front of my cousin to "block his path" but the green ball curved right into his pocket and started burning his new jacket!!😲 We pulled it off him ran into the neighbor kid's house (he was playing too) and dunked it out in front of his mom in her after breakfast dishwater. Shudder to think. Wunner we're alive.
 
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ruger1234 said:
A Tuesday forth kind of sucks. I fired off 8 sample mortars just after dusk but the rest of the subdivision was in full launch what you got mode at 10:30
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How absolutely freakin weird. Right as I was reading the end of your post there was a loud boom outside my house. I glanced up at the top of my phone to see what time it was and it was exactly 10:30.

My mind hasn't been that blown since 4:20.

Anyway, I have nothing of substance to add to the conversation here. I just thought that was an odd thing.
 
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Orangedogsrule said:
About 1963 a cousin got a fancy fake sheepskin lined brown suede jacket for X-mas. On new years we had a fireworks war. We'd cut the the paper rolls off 4 dry cleaner pants hangers in half, twist up the wires to make a "pistol grip" with 8 bottle rocket launch tubes. Buy a gazillion bottle rockets, roman candles and whistlers and it was war. We used chem lab goggles and lots of outer wear, toboggans and whatever. I shot a roman candle in front of my cousin to "block his path" but the green ball curved right into his pocket and started burning his new jacket!!😲 We pulled it off him ran into the neighbor kid's house (he was playing too) and dunked it out in front of his mom in her after breakfast dishwater. Shudder to think. Wunner we're alive.
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Can't kill dumb people.....or at least until they reproduce....multiple times.
 
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kiddiedoc said:
Alright, now the ish is getting old. Three nights in a row of my daughter up until midnight crying. There has to be a happy medium: maybe on the fourth after dark?
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Some people have no respect for others. Like I said earlier, I have no problem with shooting fireworks on the holiday. It's the week before and week after crap that gets under my skin.
 
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MyBloodRunnethOrange said:
Some people have no respect for others. Like I said earlier, I have no problem with shooting fireworks on the holiday. It's the week before and week after crap that gets under my skin.
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Sunday night they were shooting them off in my neighborhood on the street behind my house. There's a slim patch of woods between the back yards of the houses on my street and the ones behind us. The people about three houses down were shooting off freaking mortars or something that sounded like cannon fire.

They stopped at 10:30, but then at midnight I heard KABOOM!!.... I got up and went out on the back porch and could hear them laughing and talking.... then KABOOM!!!!..... I walked across the neighbor's yards until I was right behind their house..... keep in mind there is a strip of woods between the yards and a rock ledge so it's difficult even during the day to traverse.... they shot off another smaller one and then my immaturity took over..... I said "alright you stupid MFs it's after midnight"..... they got really quiet and started asking each other "did you hear that?"... they packed up and went inside.....
 
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Orangedogsrule said:
About 1963 a cousin got a fancy fake sheepskin lined brown suede jacket for X-mas. On new years we had a fireworks war. We'd cut the the paper rolls off 4 dry cleaner pants hangers in half, twist up the wires to make a "pistol grip" with 8 bottle rocket launch tubes. Buy a gazillion bottle rockets, roman candles and whistlers and it was war. We used chem lab goggles and lots of outer wear, toboggans and whatever. I shot a roman candle in front of my cousin to "block his path" but the green ball curved right into his pocket and started burning his new jacket!!😲 We pulled it off him ran into the neighbor kid's house (he was playing too) and dunked it out in front of his mom in her after breakfast dishwater. Shudder to think. Wunner we're alive.
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I've done the bottle rocket thing. We used Christmas paper rolls, it was awesome.
 
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Carl Pickens said:
Sunday night they were shooting them off in my neighborhood on the street behind my house. There's a slim patch of woods between the back yards of the houses on my street and the ones behind us. The people about three houses down were shooting off freaking mortars or something that sounded like cannon fire.

They stopped at 10:30, but then at midnight I heard KABOOM!!.... I got up and went out on the back porch and could hear them laughing and talking.... then KABOOM!!!!..... I walked across the neighbor's yards until I was right behind their house..... keep in mind there is a strip of woods between the yards and a rock ledge so it's difficult even during the day to traverse.... they shot off another smaller one and then my immaturity took over..... I said "alright you stupid MFs it's after midnight"..... they got really quiet and started asking each other "did you hear that?"... they packed up and went inside.....
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You need to move to my neighborhood.
 
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I think it's been worse this year more so than in the past few years. The problem this year is that this has basically been like an extended 4th of July weekend. People bought them over the weekend and so it all started Saturday night. The ones I'm hearing after midnight between 1 am and 5 am are shot by legit douche bags. Yes, I've heard single random shots into the wee hours of the morning.
 
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Coug said:
I think it's been worse this year more so than in the past few years. The problem this year is that this has basically been like an extended 4th of July weekend. People bought them over the weekend and so it all started Saturday night. The ones I'm hearing after midnight between 1 am and 5 am are shot by legit douche bags. Yes, I've heard single random shots into the wee hours of the morning.
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My thinking, too. I'm pretty chill with what others choose to do, but 4-5 days of kids up until midnight does not a happy house make.
 
#74
#74
The hill people appear to have spent all their excess wages on fireworkers. They are lighting it up tonight.
 
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