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Matthew
09-01-03, 10:39 PM
On the main site here (http://www.nfh.org.uk/news/index.php?category=all&id=53) - thanks go to April for pointing this out to me http://www.nfh.org.uk/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif
Mistyeyeddreamer
10-01-03, 11:42 AM
That was one of the most horrifically scary stories I&#39;ve read&#33;&#33; Imagine what could have happened to that family if the petrol tank had exploded&#33;&#33;

I truly believe it is criminally irresponsible of the government to allow fireworks to be sold, especially in today&#39;s violent society. There have been reports of fireworks being used as &#39;terror&#39; weapons, thrown into pubs etc but when a family is deliberately targetted it makes you wonder what kind of homes the attackers come from and what kind of sick minds they have.

A couple of years ago a group of yobs deliberately aimed a firework at my house and the bedroom window was shattered. Luckily the curtains were drawn and nobody was hurt. When I reported it to the police they said they&#39;d had a few similar reports in our area.

I hope they throw the book at the yobs that did this to that family, and follow it by throwing away the key&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;

Misty
Matthew
10-01-03, 12:26 PM
Originally posted by Mistyeyeddreamer@Jan 10 2003, 11:42 AM
That was one of the most horrifically scary stories I&#39;ve read&#33;&#33; **Imagine what could have happened to that family if the petrol tank had exploded&#33;&#33;
I agree Misty, it&#39;s terrible http://www.nfh.org.uk/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif

Fireworks should be banned all year round - when is the government actively going to attempt to tackle this serious problem? I mean people are injured every year by these lethal weapons.

Out of interest I was just looking for some official statistics on firework related injuries, this is from the DTI&#39;s website for the year 2001:

"The number of injuries caused by fireworks each year is relatively low. However, last year the total number of injuries increased by over 40% to the highest level since 1995, with 1362 injuries recorded."

Their webpages are here. (http://www.dti.gov.uk/homesafetynetwork/fw_intro.htm)

Out of interest - and I think this was said on Radio 4&#39;s You and Yours program this week, one lady who phoned in reported that if you live in Germany you need to obtain a licence before you have or use any type of fireworks and these are restricted to certain times of the year only. Anyone else hear the details of that?