Peter Stawicki Verified

Did we need that picture. I know its there for the shock value and to push home the belief that fireworks are a bad and dangerous thing, however -

For all the fireworks sold in the US (Which is harder number to find than the estimated injuries) there were (4) deaths and 6500 injuries with 45% of those being children under 15 (2005 CDC Data).

If you are a responsible parent or guardian, if you purchase the firework products that are more show and less bang, if you provide a good, safe, well lit and preferabbly concrete area to use such fireworks, and basically if you are just careful - fireworks can be entertaining and a fun activity for the whole family.

Yes, invariably there will be any number of idiots mostly below the age of 18 who will record some wonderful clips involving their rump and some explosive device and no doubt such a thing will demonstrate why you dont want to follow in that path. No doubt Darwin will hopefully assist in their removal from the general gene pool and we wont have to worry.

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Erin Rice Verified

That's my typing hand.

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Scott Doyle Verified

The caption makes the uneasy feeling worthwhile, imo.

Some of the most intelligent people I know have done very stupid things with fireworks. None tried firing bottle-rockets out of their butt (that I know of), but having fun doesn't necessarily mean you're ignorant...I'm sure most of the time fireworks shenanigans are a relatively calculated risk.

I'd say 6,500 injuries isn't too much on a national scale, tbh.

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