Should Matches and Lighters Be Banned?  

Another example of the government running our freakin lives.

Yep, it is all a bunch of craziness. Just think of all of the things that can be used in a hurtful way, and before you know it, we will be left with cotton balls and bubble wrap. No wait...we would probably choke on the cotton balls, so make that just bubble wrap.!

They shouldn't be banned. What if the power goes off for the entire night? What will we light candles with? How else will anyone light up their farts on that night?

First of all, guns don't kill people---people kill people. I don't think matches and lighters should be banned. These are only tools. The person who uses the tool is what is the problem.

I don't believe that guns should be banned. I live in a small rural community where many people have been hunting for generations. I don't eat meat but respect that others do. So of course I don't think that lighters or matches should be banned even though I did accidentally light myself on fire when I was 9 years old. Luckily my pjs were the only thing that burnt off and I didn't suffer anything serious except being very scared to be full of flames. I go camping with my children and like to use a lighter to make a campfire. I think it would be silly not to have them. I do feel it is how someone uses something that makes it dangerous or not.

No, they should not be banned. They should not, however, be accessible to small children and teens. They are tools, like many other things, and are not evil in themselves, just in the neglect of care.

Matches don't start fires...People can start fires!..A matches and lighters ban? sheesh..as ideas go,that's dumber than a bag of hammers...why not ban magnifying glasses too? or maybe do something about the Sun while they're at it? Lightning? Not all fires start with Human involvement!

Yes, ban em ban em all! Let's not stop there either. Ban cracks in sidewalks, bumps in the ground and anything that may cause someone to stub their toe. Ban tone deaf musicians, flashy websites and paper cuts. We must be protected!!!

Maybe we should just ban people, after all, it's people that kill other people.

In my area it is cigerates thrown out of vehicles that start the most fires.