Would you support a ban on fireworks to the general public?

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00:00 No, I mean I understand where people are coming from, especially if you've got pets. It does

00:06 stress pets out. But it's tradition, isn't it? I remember growing up, you used to look

00:13 forward to November the 5th.

00:14 I think who you sell them to should be quite tight. People under 18 shouldn't be able to

00:28 buy them, I don't think. Not over the counter. But then, they'd probably buy them online

00:33 anyway.

00:34 I don't think fireworks should be banned. As long as the parents are responsible and

00:40 don't let the children anywhere near them and set them off themselves. Or go to a state

00:46 that's supervised and things like that.

00:51 I've got no problem with being readily available. I think you need an ID to buy them, don't

00:55 you? So I think, obviously some shops don't abide by that and it can cause a problem.

00:59 For me, I've never had a big issue with fireworks as long as people are respectful.

01:03 When we were kids, we were buy bangers and we'd do all sorts of stupid things with them.

01:07 I sometimes think the youth today haven't got the intelligence anymore. We were careful

01:10 what we did. We played with fire and we got burnt. So you didn't play with fire.

01:14 Well you've got to use them very carefully. And sometimes there'll be accidents with them.

01:21 So I think for people trying to use fireworks before they know how to do them properly,

01:30 you can have some people quite badly injured. So I would say, good enough for the thing

01:37 it's remembering, but you've got to be careful who's using them.

01:41 I think the sale of fireworks is a very sensitive issue and who they're selling fireworks to.

01:48 Not necessarily should they be banned, but I think they should be under more control.

01:51 You can have fireworks, but not bangers. They frighten children and they frighten animals.

01:56 There's no need for them. But the nice ones like that, they're fine. But not the bangers

02:01 should ban them.

02:02 Yeah, publicly I do, but you know, for kids and that, I think they should have, alright

02:07 having a proper organised firework display, that's okay. But some of them, I mean, oh.

02:15 Why do you think they should be banned then?

02:16 I don't know. I've said them probably, the children I've seen, you know, throwing them

02:24 at people, you know.

02:25 Well, personally I quite like fireworks. And I think, you know, that time of year it's

02:30 a bit dismal, brightens up the time a bit. And especially at the moment, with all the

02:35 weather and what have you, yeah, I'm all for a few fireworks.

02:38 I don't think they should be banned, but I think they should be maybe placed better,

02:44 like safety adverts. You don't really hear much of Guy Fawkes and all that these days

02:48 anyway. But growing up myself, I remember them being more adverts on TV, but I think

02:52 they should, wouldn't ban them, I just place them better.

02:55 Well, children, children get hurt and they're dangerous, too dangerous, no. They're too

03:00 powerful, not what they used to be, they're too powerful, no.

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