Rejected petition Ban people from purchasing & letting off fireworks apart from organised events

Make it law that fireworks can only be let off at organised and licensed events at guy Fawkes night and New Year’s Eve

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Pets are terrified and distressed.
Farmer’s livestock are worried by them.
The noise is antisocial.
The times at which people let them off is antisocial.
People don’t take enough care - they let them off even when it it too window.
Illegal “back of lorry” trade takes place.
It would be interesting to know through a Freedom of Information Act how much NHs A & E time is used up through “gone wrong” fireworks at homes.

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Date submitted 5 November 2022
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