Rejected petition Stop the public sale of Fireworks in the United Kingdom

Fireworks (explosives!!) are currently readily available to the general public in the UK! Year after year bonfire night sees thousands of stores and supermarkets selling them to public. If you feel that the sale of fireworks to the general public should be banned in the UK please sign this petition.

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During the 2017 Bonfire night and New Years Eve in the UK Just think How many animals are frightened to death (Literally!!). How many animals have died due firework related injuries and irresponsible use of fireworks or even through shear cruelty? (IT HAPPENS!!). How many people have fireworks injured? How many £10000 has it cost the NHS treating firework related injuries? How many people have died due to firework related incidents?

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/201947

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Date submitted 5 November 2017
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