I have enjoyed setting off fireworks all my life. I don't think anything beats a great backyard display. but, and you knew there was a but, I always took into account the neighbors right to sleep at night. I made sure we quit early enough that the neighbors could get to sleep. Normally that meant around 10PM. Sometimes we would get carried away until around midnight but, that was always at the beach or someplace a little further away from the closeness of my backyard. Seems like that has gone out the window around here. The neighbor directly behind me went on until about midnight and the rest of the neighborhood was still going until around 3AM. Not a cop siren in earshot. Several of the huge booms later in the night sounded suspiciously like shotgun blasts or one of those little brass cannon noisemakers they sell. A few earlier sound like a pistol round or six shot into the air. I doubt it but, how do you know? Anyhow, just shows how little consideration there is for ones neighbors these days.