Fireworks question

[wayne foundation 07]

Ok we have several places that manufacture fireworks nearby and a ton of places selling them.But when you buy them you have to sign a paper saying you are taking them out of the state.Are there any states that allow you to set them off without the cops showing up at your front door?

[megoapesnut]

Yeah, try Myrtle Beach, SC. Especially the night of the 4th of July. We were there one year and I had to leave and take my daughter back to the hotel. Fireworks were wizzin around everywhere and several came close to hitting us. It's a miracle there aren't fatalities there every year. And nary a police officer in sight.

[Mikey]

Good question.

I'm in PA and live about 1/2 mile away from a fireworks seller.

They card you before you come in the door and wont let anyone in from PA

It's like totally INSANE

[wayne foundation 07]

Good question.

I'm in PA and live about 1/2 mile away from a fireworks seller.

They card you before you come in the door and wont let anyone in from PA

It's like totally INSANE

So let me get this right, they can sell them there but just not to people who live there.Thats messed up.Atleast they give us a chance to lie about what we are going to do with them.

[Mikey]

So let me get this right, they can sell them there but just not to people who live there.

Yes, and one more thing i'd like to add.

New Jersey is literally 1/2 mile away and fireworks are totally illegal there BUT this place will sell them to peeps from Jersey.

Fireworks laws are the strangest laws on the books

They totally don't make sense.

[Wise4671]

West Virginia is a State that you can Let them off

[wayne foundation 07]

West Virginia is a State that you can Let them off

any catches though,like you need to be a resident?Or better yet is it illegal to buy them there.

[megoapesnut]

I'll tell you where to buy them if you happen to be in the area. South of the Border (the one between NC & SC, not Mexico). They have a huge store that sells anything your heart can possibly desire.

[Wise4671]

any catches though,like you need to be a resident?Or better yet is it illegal to buy them there.

When I would buy the fireworks I would just say that I was taking them to West Virginia and was going to be setting them off with family I have that live down there. and that was the end of any questions.

[Marvelmania]

You can shoot off fireworks here as long as you're outside the city limits.

[gummi]

The laws are absolutely ridiculous. It will never make sense to me that I can purchase them in my state but not let them off. If your going to make it illegal for me to light them, then don't make them so damn easy to get. The police in my area usually turn a blind eye around the fourth; they'd have to ticket pretty much my entire neighborhood. It's like a war zone around here as the fourth gets closer.

[ScottA]

In Alabama the laws are by county. Montgomery County, where I live, you cannot sell or set-off fireworks. But I can go just one county over, buy them from a fireworks store, and set them off in my front yard if I lived in that county.

I personally think our law is stupid.

[megomania]

Tennessee...watch the movie 'Dutch'

In Washington we have Tribal Indian reservations that sell the big boy fireworks...people travel by Ferry to the Res, buy stuff, then try to transport it back to the city. It's illegal to take them off the Res so the Washington State Patrol is using bomb-sniffing dogs on the Ferry system to sniff out the miscreants...

I remeber when it used to be fun to be a kid during 4th of July weekend...going with my buddies to the Fireworks stands - Boom City - and spending our allowance on smoke bombs, black kats, firecrackers, whistling petes, etc...now all the cities in the Seattle area have banned fireworks.

-Chris

[Adam West]

I hate the firework debate. We also have restrictions in MD. depending on county. Where I live, you can legally set off ground based fireworks. I can drive 20 minutes into PA and get whatever I want. My kids are happy with the ground based fireworks and leave the big stuff to the experts. I have neighbors who spend $2K+ per year on fireworks and they are ok but nothing compared to the real thing.

[MicromanZone]

In NYC there are 100% illegal. Which means if you go on your roof this weekend and look towards known drug/gang neighborhoods and other “safe” places, you can see the equivalent of a T.I.E. fighter exploding every 30 minutes or so.