Recently discovered figures and incidents show alarming reality. In a short time, Hanoi City Police have continuously dismantled many illegal firecracker production, transportation and trading rings, seizing hundreds of kilograms of various types of firecrackers. Not only stopping at small-scale trading, many subjects have organized firecracker production in the country, bought chemicals and tools for manufacture, and then distributed them to many provinces and cities.
Illegal fireworks are no longer a story of "burning for fun" as the easy way of thinking of a part of the people. Behind those seemingly harmless explosions is the risk of accidents, fires, explosions, injuries, and even loss of life, not to mention the consequences of security and order. Many tragic accidents have occurred when people illegally made, transported or used firecrackers. Those consequences often come very quickly, but regret is persistent.
What is worth pondering is that in many cases, the violators are not "black society" or professional criminals, but young people, even students, out of curiosity, for small profits, or simply chasing temporary "happiness". Social networks, with closed groups buying and selling firecrackers, "safe, hard to detect" advertisements, have unintentionally become a trap that attracts many people to slide onto the path of violating the law.
From the perspective of State management, it is undeniable that the police force's drastic participation in the peak periods at the end of the year. The continuous detection and arrest of illegal fireworks cases shows the great efforts of the authorities in ensuring security and order during Tet. But we also need to frankly admit: If we only rely on the authorities, we cannot completely stop illegal fireworks. Because fireworks do not appear by themselves, but exist because there are buyers, users, and assistants.
Therefore, the responsibility of the people is a key factor in the fight against illegal fireworks. That responsibility is first of all to say no to firecrackers, that is, not to buy, not to store, not to use, even if it is "a little to give air".
That responsibility is also the alertness of parents, when Tet comes, children have a lot of free time, easily attracted by the games of " try to tell" and " burn for fun". Family care, reminders, and management can prevent unfortunate consequences early.
In addition, people also need to promote their role in community supervision. When detecting signs of illegal firecracker production, transportation and trading, promptly notifying local authorities and police is not to " make things difficult for anyone", but to protect the common peace. A call, a newspaper can prevent dozens, hundreds of kilograms of firecrackers from spreading to the market, minimizing the risk of accidents for the residential area where they live.
Tet is a moment of reunion, a joy of reunion, a wish for a peaceful new year. No one wants illegal fireworks to replace laughter, no one wants the carelessness or selfishness of a few people to disrupt the common joy of the whole community. Preventing illegal fireworks is therefore not only a story of law enforcement, but also a measure of awareness, responsibility and behavioral culture of each citizen in modern society.
