I like fireworks and find them entertaining. However, I don't see any excuse for allowing them to fall into the hands of children - or indeed anyone, who is not under considerable restraint and with a very good reason to use them responsibly. Whatever way you look at it, by definition fireworks are explosives - and I can see no excuse at all for allowing them to be passed around openly. A child, who throws a firework into a bus, for instance, can cause absolute carnage. (I have seen it happen). You can't expect kids out in groups to behave any better, but you can expect adults to prevent them from obtaining fireworks in the first place.