Re: Mallard Fillmore 7/2: FIREWORKS, Hot Dogs, Beer, etc.?!

Paul Ciszek wrote:
In article <e8bucf$8pb$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
J.D. Baldwin <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In the previous article, Howard Fein <hfein@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Dad's going through a mental checklist of all the necessary
items. The first thing mentioned, even BEFORE the hot dogs, ice,
chairs, soda and beer is fireworks. Maybe I'm geographically biased
by living in a large Northeastern state where use of fireworks by
non-professionals is illegal.

So Dad is thumbing his nose at stupid, intrusive laws that crush
individual liberty in the service of ill-defined public "safety" and
"order"? Hey, I guess he really *did* remember the point of the
Fourth after all!

Also, keep in mind that some things the DOT classifies as "fireworks"
are still legal even in nanny states like the ones found in the
northeast. Sparklers, e.g.


Nope. Banned in a lot of places.

Heck, pretty much anything that goes 'BANG!' and/or moves under its own power is verboten here in Wisconsin -YET- that certainly doesn't stop the local venders from using loopholes in that law from selling all of the 'good' stuff and for the city here from taking on that comforting and soothing sound of a war zone every year about this time.

:-)

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