Click below to see a map of all the states that allow fireworks and the 4 states that don't, including the nanny state of NJ. It's an embarassment. I will one day move to a free state.
http://www.americanpyro.com/pdf/2010 State Laws Firework Map2.pdf
I'm not sure who said it, I think it was probably Thomas Jefferson that the display of fireworks in celebration of Independence Day is the most appropriate way to show one's patriotism. Or something close to that.
Memories of the Jersey Shore in the 60's and 70's growing up, BIG bonfires and shopping bags filled with fireworks of all kinds brought to the beach by dozens of families. No problems, no hassles, just good clean family bonding and fun. Today you can't even a build a bonfire on the beach without the SWAT Team showing up. Sure occasional injuries most often as a result of some dumbass with nobody to blame but themselves. No lawsuits were filed back then. The fact that you were a dumbass was not something you really wanted to make public knowledge.
Sparklers are now illegal in NJ. This state leads in politician's belief that it is the government's job to protect us from ourselves.
my 2 cents
TS
http://www.americanpyro.com/pdf/2010 State Laws Firework Map2.pdf
I'm not sure who said it, I think it was probably Thomas Jefferson that the display of fireworks in celebration of Independence Day is the most appropriate way to show one's patriotism. Or something close to that.
Memories of the Jersey Shore in the 60's and 70's growing up, BIG bonfires and shopping bags filled with fireworks of all kinds brought to the beach by dozens of families. No problems, no hassles, just good clean family bonding and fun. Today you can't even a build a bonfire on the beach without the SWAT Team showing up. Sure occasional injuries most often as a result of some dumbass with nobody to blame but themselves. No lawsuits were filed back then. The fact that you were a dumbass was not something you really wanted to make public knowledge.
Sparklers are now illegal in NJ. This state leads in politician's belief that it is the government's job to protect us from ourselves.
my 2 cents
TS