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Originally Posted by AHFN
I wouldn't give a kid as young as six a firecracker. Maybe a sparkler, outdoors with supervision, but not a firecracker. Fireworks are, in essence, colored explosives, and are in many ways more dangerous than guns. Now, shooting is a fun sport, but I wouldn't take a kid shooting until he/she was at least 10, though I'd start instilling safety at 5 or 6. Fireworks? Even later.
Would you give a six-year-old kid a bucket of black powder and a lighter? If not, why would you give him a firecracker?
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Big difference between a bucket of black powder and a firecracker, on several levels. 1) the shear amount of explosives, 2) the safety involved, firecrackers are designed and made to be safe when placed on the ground and lite, a bucket is not.
But, yes I would trust a six year to light a firercracker and step away with the 5 or so seconds until it goest off.
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