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Originally Posted by Condorman
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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Oh sure, just to light the fuse I'd trust him. But the implication here is that the kid had the firecracker on his own, unsupervised, and lit it off inside the house. I would not leave a firecracker in a place accessible to children if I knew there were six-year-olds about, any more than I would leave out my vz. 82. I wouldn't leave them unattended even if there weren't kids about, just on general safety principles.
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