The 4th really brought out the Trumper jerks.

[leftyladyfrommo]

I knew they were there. I didn't know it was their God given right to own guns and set off fireworks. Fireworks are illegal here. 5 houses burned. The fire dept went out on 23 calls. The ERs filled up with burn victims. One man had his hand amputated. Most visits were injuries to hands and eyes.

In Trump world the right to set off fireworks Trumps all that. They just don't care. The 4th afterall is a celebration of their rights. They are PATRIOTS fighting for the future of their country.

I am so tired of jerks who think it's ok to say whatever horrible thing they think and break whatever law they don't agree with.

It is so evident on FB. So many horrible offensive comments.

[PCIntern]

1. Love the concept of Darwin Awards.

Most excellent…if they cause harm to others that is a tragedy of course….

[uponit7771]

2. "patriotic" to support the lies behind the 1/6 terrorist attack

[Aviation Pro]

3. You know what groups also looses rounds to celebrate their 'victories' and 'freedom'?

Terrorist organizations like al Qaeda and the Taliban and members of drug cartels.

[LaMouffette]

4. Here in Montana, the Republican legislature just made bottle rockets and Roman candles legal

after a decades-long ban on them. We're in a drought. We've been having temps in the 100s. So of course the Repubs wanted to make the risk of forest fires even greater.

All I can think is that they want the forests to burn so that they can have timber sales afterward.

[2naSalit]

6. They might think about it after their...

clandestine strongholds in the mountains catch fire while they are holed up in them. I went for a drive in the Castle Mts. last week and it is full of Ruby Ridge houses, ATVs and cows*. It was awful and I was afraid the whole mountain range would go up in flames before I could get back to the highway.

And I saw TFG floats all dressed up for the parade at the county seat. I decided to stay away from the crowds this year and kept well away from the parade route while I was in town.

[TheBlackAdder]

14. Yep. NJ relaxed their rules and for nearly a month jerks setting them off until 1AM.

.

Just wait until they get their 1AM forest fires to handle.

Oh, but then they'll be calling out those socialist US Forestry types to bail them out of it.

.

[2naSalit]

16. Yeah, it's amazing how forethought...

Is not available to them when it comes to safety.

[LaMouffette]

34. Yikes! Every time I see any kind of tribute to TFG, I get this sick, disgusted feeling inside.

To see a whole float done up in his honor would just about do me in. You were wise to stay away from the parade.

[wnylib]

8. What are bottle rockets?

It sounds like molotov cocktails, but that can't be right.

[UpInArms]

10. Bottle rockets are

Small missile-like firecrackers on sticks. You “use” the bottle to launch them.

[Ferrets are Cool]

25. But the ones with "balls" just don't bother with the bottles and use their hands.

[leftyladyfrommo]

11. They are fireworks attached to a long stick. You put the stick

in a bottle and light it and it flies up into the sky and comes down wherever. I think they cause most house fires because the land on roofs.

[ProfessorGAC]

40. Several Years Back...

...(this neighbor moved a while back) we'd go out for days before & after the 4th and would pick up bottle rocket guts all over the yard. All the other neighbors did the same.
This guy would fire a few hundred over the course of 6 or 7 days, and let everyone else clean up his mess.
Fortunately, no major damage was ever done.
On that didn't go off, but burned when it came down did ruin one of our rose bushes though.
I called him on it, and he did buy us a new one. 4" tall, when the one we lost was 3 FEET tall.

[leftyladyfrommo]

41. Gid, I hate people like that. nt

[wnylib]

49. You're a better person than I am.

I might have been tempted to unload a pile of trash in his yard.


Or, at least dump the collected remains of his botte rockets on his front lawn.

[LiberatedUSA]

42. Kids have used them to have wars with each other.

Stick it in a bottle, light it and aim. The extra drunk ones won’t even waste time using a bottle.

[tanyev]

5. If they only took themselves out, no big deal, but they always manage to harm innocent people, too.

[2naSalit]

7. +1

That's the biggest drawback.

[dawg day]

17. Like that young hockey player.

He was sitting in a hot tub, when he was hit in the chest with a mortar round.

[Ferrets are Cool]

26. At a wedding party no less

[wnylib]

36. In a hot tub at a wedding party?

How times have changed since my wedding.

[Ferrets are Cool]

48. No kidding

[leftyladyfrommo]

21. Two really nice houses burned fairly close to me.

The deplorables figured one didn't count because it was not established that it was fireworks. 8 people got out but their 3 dogs died. That would be so traumatic and completely devastating.

The smaller fires didn't count either. But the fireworks have to go out on each one and that costs a lot of taxpayer money.

[nuxvomica]

9. Loud noises protect people from being alone with their thoughts

Imagine the horrors such people would face in quiet self-reflection! Yikes!

[leftyladyfrommo]

12. I am starting to really get depressed.

It's so hard to deal with all this ignorance and stupidity and rudeness.

And this is KCMO where it is mild compared to other places.

[Cosmocat]

13. It's past the breaking point

Until this country sees the republican party for the half assed chrisofacist authoritian party it is, and stop with all the both sides are the same bullshit, we have not chance of pulling out of this tailspin. Even if we do, everyone has to get on the same page and vote like their lives depend on it for the rest of their lives.

The stupid in this country is DEFCON 1 level.

[lagomorph777]

15. Sounded like they were tossing hand grenades around here.

Fucking assholes.

[IronLionZion]

18. There are some nasty videos online of fires out west

started by idiots playing with fireworks in the most irresponsible way as is their Trumped up right.

[leftyladyfrommo]

19. And you know what else is so disturbing?

These people get off on being obnoxious and offensive.

I never engage but it still upsets me.

[Johnny2X2X]

20. And they spent all weekend desecrating the flag

They have no idea there is a flag code and them wearing the flag as clothing and flying it off the back if their truck makes very Boy Scout who ever was wince and I’m sure there are vets who disgusted by their flag disrespect too.

[leftyladyfrommo]

22. These people really think they are these big deal

patriots that are saving the country from total destruction.

They don't have a clue that they are supporting the fall of our democracy.

[Jon King]

23. Wow, why focus on the negativity?

Seriously? Now everything is letting Trump dimwits control our enjoyment? We went to a town block party on the 4th. All the kids laughing, bounce houses, games, a local Beatles tribute band played. People either vaccinated and/or masked. Having fun, smiling again. Then everyone gathered on blankets and watched a great fireworks show.

Geez....who care what 'Trumpers' do on the 4th. Yawn already. Enjoy life and fight them tooth and nail through community organizing and fighting for voting rights.

But not everything is about them and their effect. The 4th could be enjoyed while ignoring them.

[leftyladyfrommo]

27. I care because I am completely surrounded by their

insanity.

[LaMouffette]

35. Sounds like you had a great time! I have no problem with public fireworks shows,

or even when responsible, fairly sober individuals shoot them off, as long as weather and drought conditions don't make it dangerous, and if the more dangerous fireworks are kept out of the hands of idiots. We were camping in a heavily forested campground a few years ago and actually witnessed a bottle rocket start the top of a huge Ponderosa pine on fire. It could've started the whole forest ablaze if the fire department hadn't made it there so quickly.

[JohnnyRingo]

24. Amputated hand, 23 fire calls, ER full of burn victims?

I think I see why fireworks are illegal there.

They're technically illegal here in Ohio too, but police don't care if they're set off around the fourth during normal hours. Next year they'll be completely legal here. I grew up here and it's fun, not something associated with the right in any way. It's something we've done all my life, and I don't know anyone who suffered serious injury requiring a hospital visit.

I'd bet people who motocross dirt bikes or play softball suffer more trips to the ER than someone lighting a string of firecrackers. I sat on the porch this year as several grandkids launched bottle rockets across the yard like I did at their age. Whizzz *POP*. Good clean fun, and had no idea it didn't fit the liberal agenda.

I live 8 miles from the largest fireworks warehouse in North America, so maybe a few skyrockets and Black Cats don't seem as dangerous as a chain smoking truck driver at Phantom Fireworks.

Five houses burned? What is wrong with people in your area?

[Rebl2]

33. Where I live

in MO a guy was making fireworks in his side of the duplex he lived in and blew the place up. Unfortunately the family in the other side of the duplex was injured because his stupidity. The guy making fireworks won’t be making them any longer if you get my drift.

[JohnnyRingo]

37. That happens here sometimes too.

...but what they're making are illegal in all 50 states, and should be. They aren't "fireworks".

They're M-80s and M-100s. M-100s (Silver Salutes) are akin to a third of a stick of dynamite and are about 3 inches long and an inch in diameter. People ostensibly use them for pest control and illegal fishing because they explode under water, but they make a hell of a boom on the fourth. Regular fireworks made in China are too affordable to bother making them at home.

People make them in their garage with black powder, glue and wax soaked heavy cardboard tubes. They go for $5 to $10 and up if you can find them. Obviously when there are several pounds of powder and a stove to melt wax, accidents happen and it's sad. I've asked my kids to resist the temptation of easy money.

[Rebl2]

38. I don't know

it for a fact, but have a feeling he was making them to sell. It was only a mile away from me and likely heard it, but there had been so many loud booms it didn’t register until the ladder truck and police went by my house-live on a main road that police and fire trucks take all the time.

[leftyladyfrommo]

39. I didn't hear any of those this year. Thank goodness. nt

[AllaN01Bear]

28. i feel sorry for the dogs and the vets whom have ptsd.

when a friend of mine came back from nam, for 5 years he couldnt handle new years and the 4th of july . when he sits in a restraunt , he perfers to have his back facing the window and carries a vail of emergency meds at all times. sad. when i was little , we had to tranq our dog 3 days ahead of the 4th and that still wasnt enough. sigh.

[leftyladyfrommo]

30. With all due respect fireworks are horrible for a lot

of reasons. They are horrible for dog owners. They are horrible for the environment. They are terrible risks in fire country.

And for what? So you can spend a lot of money to watch something go bang for 2 seconds?

Go to the public displays. They are beautiful and they don't drive your neighbors crazy.

[albacore]

32. "...something go bang for 2 seconds..."

That's the Murikan way! Lots of show... shiny F-35s...flags everywhere..."Patriots" everywhere.... Lee Greenwood singing...

Paying for... and cleaning up after.... NOT so much.

[LiberatedUSA]

43. Literally setting your money on fire.

I have to comfort my dogs from the 2nd to the 5th during this time of year. Same state, middle.

[leftyladyfrommo]

44. My dogs were doped up but it was still awful

They will not set a foot outside if they can hear fireworks anywhere. Even off in the distance.

[Rebl2]

29. You must

live where I do-KC area. Actually I am in a suburb that unfortunately a few years back decided to allow fireworks again. They made them illegal for a time in the 90’s then changed their minds about 10 years ago. Oh we also heard rapid gun fire somewhere.

[leftyladyfrommo]

31. Partly it was the fact that it went on for 3 nights.

Fruday night it was 2 am. Saturday it was 3 am. Sunday night was 3 am.

[Elessar Zappa]

45. Try not to let Trumpers

live in your mind. They would get off on knowing that.

[leftyladyfrommo]

46. I don't even talk to them.

Just being around them is depressing.