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Mini Poll: Fireworks: Blast or Bust? |
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Has the public fireworks display you usually attend been cancelled this year? | |
Yes:
25%
No:
66%
I have never been to a fireworks display:
9%
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Should fireworks displays over water, like those under the Arch this week, be banned? | |
Yes, they present environmental challenges:
4%
No, but there should be an environmental review before a permit is issued:
47%
No:
50%
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Do you think the sale, possession, and use of consumer fireworks should be legal? | |
Yes, statewide:
18%
Yes, but leave it up to local municipalities or counties:
34%
No, they aren't worth the danger:
48%
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Should the personal use of some small fireworks, like sparklers, crackers, and bottle rockets be legalized? | |
Firecrackers should be legal, with restrictions on larger fireworks:
40%
All fireworks should be legal:
19%
No fireworks should be legal:
41%
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Should penalties for the possession and use of fireworks be higher during periods of extended heat or drought? | |
Yes:
79%
No:
21%
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If someone in your neighborhood was shooting backyard fireworks, which of the following courses of action would most likely be your FIRST response? | |
Join them:
8%
Call the police:
28%
Call the fire department:
2%
Go out and ask them to stop:
10%
Call my neighborhood association:
2%
Ignore them:
50%
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Do you think that local police departments do enough to enforce violations of municipal and county bans on the possession and use of fireworks? | |
Yes, they are thorough:
8%
Yes, save the strict enforcement for the morons who are firing guns into the air:
37%
No:
46%
They do too much. Fireworks shouldn't be illegal:
10%
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When do you start shooting backyard fireworks? | |
Early July:
3%
Sooner than early July:
1%
Just on the 4th:
14%
Never, they are illegal in the City of St. Louis or where I live:
32%
Never, they don't appeal to me:
49%
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Where do you get your backyard fireworks? | |
St. Charles County:
6%
Jefferson County:
9%
Franklin County:
2%
Somewhere else:
7%
Nowhere:
77%
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Note: Due to rounding, results for some questions may not total 100%.
