Every year around July 4th, there's thousands of people setting off fireworks and severely injuring themselves or someone else. What's really ridiculous is that all of these are totally preventable.
This year, there happened to be 2 NFL players who in separate incidents managed to lose fingers.
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/25236708/report-jason-pierre-paul-has-right-index-finger-amputated
http://www.si.com/nfl/2015/07/08/tampa-bay-buccaneers-cj-wilson-fireworks-accident-hand-injury
I thought this article from salon was spot on.
http://www.salon.com/2014/07/04/the_case_for_banning_fireworks/
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