Should fireworks be banned?

In my city, they are banned. Yet fireworks go off all the time, and on New Years Eve and the Fourth of July, they are so common the police simply give up.

Not last year, but the year before, somebody lost a hand. People lose hands, fingers, eyes. Burns and small fires are common. And of course, pets are frightened and run away.

We can't seem to stop the people who light the fireworks, but we can let our dogs hide in the garage or in the car. Better yet, in the car while it's in the garage. (Put Beethoven on the CD player, really loud.) Or we can take our pets and go visit the country.

AS for you-know-who, he was typing as 12:37 at night. After a Saturday night. What does that tell us?