Citing national security concerns and the war on terror, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg asked New York Gov. Michael Cuomo to ban the sale of children’s fireworks.
City officials worried that sparklers — handheld fireworks that emit colorful sparks and are often waved through the air by kids on the Fourth of July — could be used in terrorist attacks, according to The New York Post.
“A recent attempt to harm innocent lives provides a frightening example of how legally purchased… Fireworks can cause dramatic harm and even kill,” said Joseph Garba, Bloomberg’s state legislative director, in a statement.
Seriously. Where the hell are we going as a country? Sparklers?
Yes folks - there are people out there that will harm us and some dangerous things and people will absolutely die. But that will ALWAYS be true. America without sparklers? Uh uh.
Bloomberg is one messed-up cat.
