SIR: It is only mid-October, four weeks off November 5, Bonfire Night (which falls on a Sunday this year), and already high explosives - not penny bangers - explosives, are on sale in the shops. This means a month of terror for dogs, senior citizens, etc.

What would happen if a young mother with a pan of hot water in her hand was startled by a multiple air bomb, and the baby was nearby; or a senior citizen was giving her spouse hot soup? The possibilities of danger are endless.

Guy Fawkes died years ago. Why celebrate his death in 1995?

Animals are terrified by fireworks.

How can you keep your dog in from October 9 to November 5? What are the MPs, elected to look after our children's safety, doing?

Fireworks and explosives should not be on sale in the shops before November 5, for the safety of our senior citizens, our children, and our animals.

The people we vote into power should look after these values.

We are celebrating the saving of Parliament, so the MPs should stop the sale of fireworks until November 5.

My dog is a quivering wreck as I write this letter.

Animal Lover

(Name and address supplied)

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