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Fourth of July overshadowed by 16 mass shootings across US
(www.theguardian.com)
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The fireworks on the 4th of July are to represent the firearms and cannons citizens owned and used in rebellion towards a tyrannical government.
That concept is written into our constition or declaration of being a country, and passed down into our myths and celebrations.