Letter: It’s time to just ban pyrotechnics entirely

I read a recent story about creating bills to stop illegal fireworks coming into Hawaii’s ports by inspecting all the containers at the docks. This would be OK if you had a staff of 1,000 inspectors doing 100 containers a day.

My suggestion is to simply ban fireworks entirely, that any citations or arrest can be made without the need to see a culprit lighting illegal fireworks before making an arrest since it would be a banned entity.

If there are religious groups that utilize fireworks in their beliefs, then a simple permit for that cause can be issued.

Fred Fukamizu

Waipahu

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