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[ManaByte]

holy shit

 

[TyphoonStruggle]

Just ban them lol

 

[cryptoadam]

Hahah fuck you Newsome.

What a clown.

 

[Grinchy]

When you teach people that the police have no power, the lesson they learn is that the police have no power.

And I can't believe this is shocking to them, but when people think there are no consequences for actions, they don't commit less crimes.

 

[Dr.Guru of Peru]

Cool

 

[The Pleasure]

Hahah fuck you Newsome.

What a clown.

These fireworks are legal in Nevada. That's where you get em. FREEDOM BAYBE.

 

[cryptoadam]

Its going off in NYC and Boston. Probably a whole bunch of other places too.

I think this is a big FU since something like 80% of cities canceled July 4th.

 

[ManaByte]

These fireworks are legal in Nevada. That's where you get em. FREEDOM BAYBE.

Nah there have been people fresh over the border selling them out of trucks for the last month throughout SoCal.

 

[ScarletSpider]

.

 

[The Pleasure]

Nah there have been people fresh over the border selling them out of trucks for the last month throughout SoCal.

God Bless America. Mexicans bringing them even closer than having to drive to Nevada for this shit.

 

[ManaByte]

 

[Darkmakaimura]

holy shit

I use to listen to the Tim Conway Jr Show.

 

[ManaByte]

 

[Grinchy]

Cool

How come you didn't want to stick with your original post about how GAF has lots of old men yelling at clouds?

 

[Darkmakaimura]

Same thing is going on in Vegas.

 

[GAMETA]

Any reason to why they are illegal? I've seen these kind of fireworks on New Year's Eve my whole life.

 

[Tesseract]

good, get fucked

enjoy your freedoms

 

[ManaByte]

Any reason to why they are illegal? I've these kind of fireworks on New Year's Eve my whole life.

In CA anything that leaves the ground is illegal because of fire danger.

 

[Loki]

Any reason to why they are illegal? I've these kind of fireworks on New Year's Eve my whole life.

The nanny state cites "safety" reasons. Meanwhile in my entire neighborhood growing up when fireworks were legal in NYC, every year was like a war zone with fireworks, and out of hundreds of kids/adults using them each year for like 17 years I was alive before they were banned in NYC, I knew of only TWO people who had serious accidents with them. Again, hundreds of users of all ages over a 17 year span, 2 serious accidents (lost finger and lost vision in one eye).

 

[dolabla]

 

[GAMETA]

In CA anything that leaves the ground is illegal because of fire danger.

Well, if the risk of fires in the region is real (and it seems to be), then I can't fight that logic.

 

[GAMETA]

The nanny state cites "safety" reasons. Meanwhile in my entire neighborhood growing up when fireworks were legal in NYC, every year was like a war zone with fireworks, and out of hundreds of kids/adults using them each year for like 17 years I was alive before they were banned in NYC, I knew of only TWO people who had serious accidents with them. Again, hundreds of users of all ages over a 17 year span, 2 serious accidents (lost finger and lost vision in one eye).

Yeah, in NYC that's seems to be bs.

 

[UnravelKatharsis]

How many fires were started? How many injuries? My neighborhood, where fireworks are legal, saw far more fireworks use than usual this year.

I think people are sick of the nanny state and recent political....topics, have spurred people to ignore the law.

Americans love their freedom

Even if this is a one off and next year things return to normal? It was pretty cool seeing (even if it's my imagination) some acts of patriotism around the country.

 

[Loki]

Yeah, in NYC that's seems to be bs.

Do you mean that what I said is BS, or that the whole "safety" rationale for making fireworks illegal is BS?

 

[Unknown Soldier]

It's nice to see Americans can't give less of a fuck about stupid laws on America Day.

 

[dolabla]

 

[GAMETA]

Do you mean that what I said is BS, or that the whole "safety" rationale for making fireworks illegal is BS?

The safety rationale. I can understand it being illegal in CA, given the droughts and fires, but I don't see why it would be illegal in NYC, unless the buildings are somehow easily flamable.

 

[ManaByte]

How many fires were started?

So far tonight there are two grass fires in my area caused by fireworks fallout.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

The safety rationale. I can understand it being illegal in CA, given the droughts and fires, but I don't see why it would be illegal in NYC, unless the buildings are somehow easily flamable.

California is full of stupid laws, it's nice to see everyone in California decide at least for one day that stupid laws are in fact stupid.

 

[Cunth]

wont somebody think of the triggered

 

[triplestation]

thats them stimulus checks hard at work

 

[MetalAlien]

So are they protesting the protestors? Or is this some defiance of the law by the BLM protestors?

 

[Deleted member 17706]

holy shit

Holy shit... I take it that's not common in LA?

 

[cryptoadam]

XiNN and MSDNC will tell you how to think.

Right Wing defy law and illegally glorify white supremacy in terrorist attack.

Or

Peaceful protesters inovate the fight against racism with peaceful legal sparklers.

 

[Droxcy]

My co worker bought $300 illegal fireworks & on the other side of the spectrum my cousins a cop and confiscated 10k worth of them tonight lol I love cali.

I just hope fires aren't breaking last thing this state needs.

 

[Roll Fizzlebeef]

Man thats awesome on so many levels,

I love how you Americans celebrate

 

[UnravelKatharsis]

So far tonight there are two grass fires in my area caused by fireworks fallout.

Well that sucks. I used to live in SoCal and was there for a good number of fires. Obviously no one wants that.

 

[nush]

So far tonight there are two grass fires in my area caused by fireworks fallout.

 

[Robot Carnival]

I live in a condo and right outside on the street they had been going at it since earlier this afternoon right into around 11pm. I'm fine with even if the whole area sounds and smells like a war zone since it's fun and only once a year. and as long as they're careful and don't keep going at it after 11pm or something, I'm totally cool with it.

 

[Shodan09]

 

[nush]

 

[epicnemesis]

I was bummed that this would be the first year with no firework show, but the entire city giving the government the middle finger was even better.

 

[Shodan09]

Funny to see the blue checkmarks falling over themselves to remind people that this is ILLEGAL. Suddenly, the rule of law is important again because they don't like thing.

 

[Jesus Carbomb]

My entire neighborhood (not Cali) was lit up with fireworks all night. It wasn’t the usual Roman candles and bottle rockets, they were lighting those big canister shells. One of the most surreal July 4ths I’ve ever experienced. Standing in my driveway half dressed, eating a slice of pie with fireworks going off all around me. The only thing missing was a Bald Eagle swooping through the fucking sky.

 

[Shadowplay1979]

yea i knew that no one here was going to listen to this shit. Ive lived here for a long time now... theres a lot of patriotic latino communities in LA.....try telling them to not set off fire works on the 4th.

Get fucked Newsom

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

Fireworks are illegal? lol

Weird

 

[nush]

Funny to see the blue checkmarks falling over themselves to remind people that this is ILLEGAL. Suddenly, the rule of law is important again because they don't like thing.

These fireworks are in support of BLM. Checkmate checkmarks!

 

[Frogman_676]

inb4wildfires

also, i noticed way more tonight in Texas. Even told the gas station attendant this was not a normal year for them.

 

[Chance Boudreaux]

This is great. Have they been banned for a while in L.A. or was this the first year?

 

[Wunray]

I'm not American so can someone explain why they made or tried to make fireworks illegal?