Poll: Is the city ban on fireworks being obeyed in your neighborhood? / LJWorld.com

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Response		Percent	Votes
No		90%	402
Yes		9%	43
Total	445

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punkrockmom 5 years, 10 months ago

Please, my dogs are a nervous wreck from all the fire works that are going off.

The ban should be lifted. Especially since everything is wet right now. They should look at it on a year by year basis, and if it's dry then don't allow them, but if it's wet go ahead and let the kids have their fun. Sort of like how they do the burn bans.

mom_of_three 5 years, 10 months ago

I was against the fireworks ban, but with fireworks going off days before the 4th, my dogs are going nuts. (He didn't use to, and it's worse this year). I can't believe how big some of the fireworks people are shooting off in residential neighborhoods.

cheer67 5 years, 10 months ago

I don't live in lawrence, I'm from Tongie, but we're not allowed to shoot them off except the 3rd & 4th. Which NO ONE obeyed. Neighbors of ours even got a warning for doing a smoke bomb with their 4 year old.

mommaeffortx2 5 years, 10 months ago

just let people shoot them off again already.

ConfederateState 5 years, 10 months ago

give me some fireworks to shoot off already

Coach_Eric 5 years, 10 months ago

This mystifies me. One the one hand, the city is saying "fireworks bad, can't have in city, can't shoot in city," but the other hand is saying "fireworks fun, okay you buy in county, okay you shoot in county, just no shoot in city." Well, which one is it Lawrence? Either you enforce the policy or you don't; you either have a ban or you don't. It's foolish, in my opinion, to have a policy banning fireworks yet you allow them to be sold juuuuuuuust outside the city. Maybe it's this sort of teeter-totter planning that's led to budget cutbacks, sales tax shortfalls and a shrinking population.

[Stepping down from my soap box]

unite2revolt 5 years, 10 months ago

Um the County would be the govt. body responsible for the sale of fireworks in Douglas County not the City of Lawrence.

shirinisb 5 years, 10 months ago

we live in a tree filled neighborhood with elderly people. oh yeah and the cop's family, who's kids were shooting off fireworks all night

x96merrill3 5 years, 10 months ago

Whaaaaaaaaaahhh.........It's the 4th people. Get over it.

MrMister 5 years, 10 months ago

There is a state-wide ban on fireworks in Idaho due to the risk of forest fires. Funny thing is that I bought fireworks at a stand in Bonner's Ferry, ID. Legal to sell (you just have to buy a permit), but not legal to light. We just went into Montana to shoot them off after the Sherrif gave us a warning.

cnsrvtv 5 years, 10 months ago

The ban is anti-American and takes most of the fun away from what should be the greatest celebration in the country. Legislators need to stop trying to save us from ourselves and we need to be held accountable for our own actions (accidents). The Police have more important things to worry about, and I feel pretty safe from real criminals in this town because of them.