Fireworks

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Another Bonfire Night, another two weeks of noise nuisance thanks to people who just can't help themselves. I know fireworks are all part of the package, but why is it necessary to let them of so far in advance of November 5, and so late at night? Call me a spoilsport, but I'd say launching a rocket that sounds like Concorde breaking the sound barrier in the middle of a residential area at close to midnight is a pretty selfish thing to do. The same rocket looks and sounds just as impressive in the early evening - with the added advantage that it doesn't wake people up with a start, thinking they've suddenly found themselves in a battleground in deepest Afghanistan. And why are they available in the shops, anyway? You can't go out and buy a gun (in the UK) so it's just idiotic that you can go out and buy a bomb. I truly believe it would be in all our best interests to ban fireworks from public sale. That way fireworks could be limited to organised displays only, with permits for these granted by the relevant local authority. Households are for sparklers - let's leave the rest of the pyrotechnic masterpieces to the experts.