Is Shooting Off Fireworks Until 4:30 A.M. An A**hole Move?

At what point does it become no longer acceptable to shoot off fireworks while celebrating the 4th of July?

Thursday was Independence Day, and millions of Americans around the country took time to celebrate the birth of the world's greatest nation. This country put men on the moon, won back-to-back world wars and is undefeated in Super Bowls.

I love this country, I'm a proud patriot and I will never apologize for bleeding red, white and blue. I even love fireworks, but at some point, we have to draw a line in the sand and say enough is enough.

Welcome to my horror show of early Friday morning.

My idiot neighbors have no courtesy or respect for those of us with jobs.

Now, I want to be clear here that I don't have anything against fireworks. I literally went somewhere Thursday night to watch the fireworks in our nation's capital. Do not take anything I'm going to say as a sign that I hate explosives. Nothing could be further from the truth.

However, we have to start calling idiots out where we see them. As I've written before, I live near some of the dumbest people you'll ever meet. It's actually shocking how dumb, lazy, dirty and incompetent some people around me are. Whether it's having loud parties across the street on work nights that shake the Hookstead Compound (location classified), open drug use, throwing trash on the ground or something else, it's infuriating.

Nothing is worse than what happened from Thursday night into early Friday morning. These morons shot off fireworks until 4:30 AM. I think I got about 50 minutes of sleep all night. It sounded like shock and awe on Baghdad in 2003. If I recorded the audio and played it, you'd all think I was in a legit war zone getting shelled to hell. I'm all for shooting off fireworks, but once Friday rolls around, those of us with jobs contributing to society and paying taxes have to get some rest.

Is firing off fireworks until 4:30 am acceptable? (Credit: Getty Images)

These clowns, apparently, have all the free time in the world and not a care in the world if they keep everyone up. Not only did these people launch fireworks nearly until the sun came up, but they did it next to multiple parked vehicles loaded with fuel and a site loaded with flammable materials.

I wouldn't believe anyone could be so dumb if I hadn't witnessed it with my own eyes. These also weren't small fireworks. They were the mortar ones that shoot high up into the sky and blow up. They're the kind that can cause serious damage or kill someone if something goes wrong.

Now, imagine firing off hundreds of those next to vehicles with gasoline in them. It's like they're begging for a Darwin award and willing to take us with them on their way off this planet.

I honestly don't know what I'm more upset about. The fact they shot off fireworks until 4:30 AM ensuring nobody got any rest or the fact they're so stupid they didn't realize the danger they were in.

If you're going to light off mortar fireworks, do it far away from buildings and vehicles. It's crazy that I even have to say that because it's such basic common sense, but here we are. Welcome to my life living near some of the lowest IQ humans you'll ever meet.

(What is the line for shooting off fireworks? (Credit: Getty Images))

And here's the thing, I can see them loading up more fireworks to do this all over again tonight. Not on my watch. I'm lucky no cars were torched last night and that the compound is still standing. At some point, we have to say enough is enough. We have lives to live and work to do. Am I an a**hole for taking a stand or are they the a**holes for behaving like morons? Embrace debate and let me know at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.