Burn your houses down if you want, just not mine
Jun 30, 2015, 2:54 PM | Updated: Jul 1, 2015, 9:15 am
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Taken from Tuesday’s edition of KIRO Radio’s Dori Monson Show.
I called for a statewide fireworks ban and you accused me of hating freedom.
You asked me why I suddenly hate freedom.
A lot of people who disagree with me on everything else, they agree with me on the fireworks ban.
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I never said it should be a permanent fireworks ban. I just said as tinder-dry as the state is, we should have a temporary ban. I’m sick and tired of hearing — every July 5 under best conditions — of people’s houses burning down and people dying.
Yesterday a young man died because of fireworks.
I think it is crazy right now to be shooting off fireworks. I’m frightened for this region. Given the conditions this year, we could have a fireworks ban.
I got a bunch of emails last night from listeners who were confused about my statement. They questioned whether I was a libertarian. I’ve never said that. You know what I am, I’m me.
I’m never going to say I’m going to take the libertarian approach.
In 2015 as dry as it is, it does not make sense to me to blow off fireworks and send sparks everywhere. I hope individuals to choose to back off the fireworks.
The state says it can’t implement a fireworks ban; the logistics of doing that legislatively four days before the holiday will not work.
Let’s face it, the city I live in has a fireworks ban; people will still hear fireworks going off in the neighborhood.
I’m not going to pretend for a second that a ban will end all fireworks, but I would just ask people to consider the conditions of 2015. If you could keep fires contained on your property and only burn down your house, I say burn away.
The problem is bottle rockets don’t respect property lines.
Taken from Tuesday’s edition of KIRO Radio’s Dori Monson Show.