Regardless of any government official’s decisions, wherever America’s patriots still celebrate Independence Day and fireworks remind us of sacrifice and our heritage.
Brilliant, sky-rocketing, thunderous fireworks embody liberty’s spirit.
Fireworks opponents fret about their hazards.
Fireworks remind leftists about control they still lack.
A wide perspective demonstrates residential fireworks bans are unjustified government overreach.
Daily, alcohol-impaired drivers kill 29 people.
Exposing marijuana-muddled brains, 53 percent of 15-20 year-olds think marijuana improves their driving ability.
Alcohol and/or drug impairment contributes to almost 50 percent of Washington’s traffic fatalities.
Poly-drugged drivers, the primary cause in fatal crashes, average a 15 percent increase yearly since 2012.
Mixed alcohol and THC compose the most prevalent poly-drug
Who rants about these realities?
But fireworks — they scare animals, irritate people and can cause injury.
Fundamental adulthood requisites are annoyance toleration and recognition of what we shouldn’t fear.
Do Americans possess a constitutional right to freedom from annoyances and risks?
Approximately 95 percent of residential fireworks annoyances occur about 12 hours during Independence Day, leaving annually, 8,748 hours without fireworks.
Alcohol and recreational marijuana destroy lives 8,760 hours yearly.
Cannot objectors tolerate Independence Day residential fireworks 12 out of 8,760 annual hours?
For a day, couldn’t objectors try tranquilizers for animals or perhaps themselves?
Perhaps, the most underrated, intangible we possess and an anomaly throughout history, we cannot imagine living without liberty.
“Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools.” – D. H. Lawrence.
Susan Shotthafer,
Port Angeles