I grew up in Colorado and fireworks (except for the family-friendly backyard variety) were perpetually banned due to how dry it was in the summertime. For some areas, it's common sense not to allow fireworks during wildfire season.

However, the fact they're putting this in the headlines, in addition to all the "FIREWORKS ARE LITERALLY KILLING ALL THE ANIMALS YOU FREEDOM-HAVING NAZI" crap being rolled out across social media, leads me to believe they're utilizing whatever they can to implant the idea that the 4th of July is bad/reckless/dangerous.

Twatter was even trending an opinion piece for the last two days written by some pencil-neck mewling that grilling was gross and that you're a bad, stupid person if you do it.

They're utilizing the same tactics that worked out for them regarding Christmas. "People react badly to you telling them not to celebrate a long-held and cherished tradition, and celebrate anyway out of defiance? All you need to do is make them hate enough elements of it so that they stop celebrating it on their own. Problem solved."

I grew up in Colorado and fireworks (except for the family-friendly backyard variety) were perpetually banned due to how dry it was in the summertime. For some areas, it's common sense not to allow fireworks during wildfire season.

However, the fact they're putting this in the headlines, in addition to all the "FIREWORKS ARE LITERALLY KILLING ALL THE ANIMALS YOU FREEDOM-HAVING NAZI" crap being rolled out across social media, leads me to believe they're utilizing whatever they can to implant the idea that the 4th of July is bad/reckless/dangerous.

Twatter was trending an opinion piece for the last two days written by some pencil-neck mewling that grilling was gross and that you're a bad, stupid person if you do it.