That's an extremely lopsided comparison. Fireworks involve shooting hundreds, maybe thousands of rounds of incendiary and explosive ordinance above the heads of thousands of spectators. Yes, I can see why they would want 2.5 million. Paintballing a slow R/C trainer horizontally away from a few dozen spectators standing well behind the line of fire of non-incendiary blobs of paint. I see the odds of someone getting hurt at a fireworks show far, far greater than a paintball R/C shoot and people rarely get hurt at fireworks shows due to the fireworks. As with any kind of R/C activity, as long as common sense and the proper safety precautions are observed, it is just as safe as walking down the neighborhood sidewalk. The alarmist attitude is becoming very alarming.