I wasn't. It didn't even cross my mind. What I had in mind were people with chronic stress, age set dementia, autistic and other similar conditions which make difficult, if not impossible, for individuals to cope with that extreme stimulation.

There is a special care institution where I live and year after year they plead with the city to do not organize firework shows by the city holiday, as it is very hard to manage their charges. Medicating them into a near coma for three days and three nights is not a solution.

On another line, a very good friend of mine has epilepsy and fireworks can trigger it. I don't know if others are as affected but it is another practical example.

But no money in the world pays the loss of someone dear; where I live, there used to exist three fireworks shops. None exists today. Because people died in them. My country (Portugal) had hundreds of fireworks shops in the eighties and nineties; the number has been steadily decreasing since then and the industries is essentially dying.

Banning fireworks wouldn't infringe on anyone's liberties and rights. It's a shrinking industry and there are other ways to celebrate.

But I appreciate your point of view. And thank you for showing that cordiality towards me.