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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: inteq on June 30, 2001, 12:24:40 AM
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I went and got fireworks today for the 4th, drove to Indiana about 2 hours away, and was wondering how many people on here can set off their own fireworks. So is it illegal where you live, it is here in Illinois but I still always set off my own, and if it is do you do them anyways?
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Here in Germany you are allowed to set up a firework only on New Year`s Eve. And the shops only sell fireworks the 3 days before.
But I think you can get an authority when you apply in several agencies.
Is that a yes or no ?
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legal in england, but i think there is safety things they have to come up to...plus you dont see them in the shops much just round firework night
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me and friends do it all the time on the 4th of july and new years eve in va beach...dont know if its legal though.
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Highly ILLEGAL here in AUS - That is everywhere in the country except the capital... Canberra...
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It\'s not legal in Va. Beach, you can go to North Carolina and buy fireworks though. I think it\'s legal in parts of Virginia, but it depends on the type of firework.
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Don\'t get me started!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Look, they should not be illegal ANYWHERE in the USA.
WTF WTF WTF WTF!!! We here in Minnesota have to BREAK THE FREAKING LAW to celebrate our FREEDOM?!?! How f-in stupid is THAT?!?
If some f-in moron blows his damn face off--too bad--boo frekin hoo:(:( Or burns down a building, send THAT idiot to jail and make him pay for any damages. Punish the morons that do damage, but don\'t take away MY freedoms because SOME people are idiots!!!
Here in Minnesota (aka: communist central) It\'s a freking felony----A FELONY to posses over 40lbs of fireworks. Did you CATCH THAT!! You lose your right to vote AND posses firearms if convicted of a felony.
Great... Celebrate your freedom and independence from an oppressive government (old England) by liting fireworks and get a Felony charge and lose your right to vote for the a-hole politicians. BS!!
That said, I\'m leaving today to go "up-north" to lite my 50lbs:) Take that you commie bastards!!!
......Ahhhh.. Well, It\'s a good thing I didn\'t "get started":)
Thanks for listening to my little rant.
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Illegal here in Iceland,except on new-years eve,then everybody (and I mean everybody) starts shooting at excactly 0:00 I think it got into the Guinness book of world records for being the biggest fireworks show in the world,and we do it every year.
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Yep, Illegal in Georgia (and California). But you can go to places like Stone Mountain to see them displayed. but people still do them at home, and as long as it\'s not a big group there\'s no worries. I find it annoying though when people use fireworks during daylight hours of ID4. That\'s just a waste.
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Originally posted by ##RaCeR##
Highly ILLEGAL here in AUS - That is everywhere in the country except the capital... Canberra...
Oh everything in legal in Canberra. I\'ve been to australia, and it\'s really weird. You are like in the stone age
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Illegal in Iowa... but me shoot them off anyway!
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Originally posted by Animal Mother
Oh everything in legal in Canberra. I\'ve been to australia, and it\'s really weird. You are like in the stone age
What do you mean by that?
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Yep..
Fireworks are legal here in Sweden :)
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Yep, Illegal in Georgia (and California).
Wrong about California buddy. Maybe in most cities, but where I live, we have street vendors selling them very publicly and officers partaking in the event as well. This is about the only "free" part of California where you can express your "free"dom.
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Originally posted by ##RaCeR##
What do you mean by that?
Pot is legal in Canberra!
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Originally posted by Ryu
Wrong about California buddy. Maybe in most cities, but where I live, we have street vendors selling them very publicly and officers partaking in the event as well. This is about the only "free" part of California where you can express your "free"dom.
Oh, sorry, I thought it was state-wide. It just must be the dry-grass areas where it would be a big fire problem.
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I live in Jersey.
As I type there is someone setting off fireworks in the yard next to me, though! :D
Guess noone enforces the law!
WHERE IS THE LAW?!?!
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I\'ve gotten in trouble for setting off whistlers and firecrackers, people called the police thinking we were shooting a gun, but the police seem to turn the other way around the 4th. It\'s strange because in Wisconsin, Indiana, and Missouri fireworks are legal but Illinois which is in between all of them it is illegal.
You have to read this from the place I get fireworks from;
"Dear fireworks enthusiasts in the state of Illinois.
If you want to buy fireworks and return them to Illinois, you had better
figure on the following schedule: Due to the enforcement mounted by the
Illinois police officials after prodding by the Hammond Indiana fire department
(they want to get rid of the fireworks vendors in the city of Hammond, Indiana),
it becomes more apparent than ever that you Illinois residents plan your
firework purchases between July 5th and June 20th. trying to get fireworks
during the period of June 20th to July 4th appears to be flirting with danger
of confiscation by the Illinois officials when you re-enter the state of Illinois.
PLAN YOUR PURCHASES EARLY - Our Indiana warehouses that handle most of the
Illinois customers are located at Covington, Burns Harbor and the giant
Shelton fireworks warehouse at Porter, Indiana.
ITS IS A CASE OF THE EARLY BIRD GETS THE WORM and last minute shoppers may
expect the chance of losing their fireworks to the Illinois authorities.
OUR INDIANA FIREWORKS WAREHOUSES ARE OPENED ALL YEAR ROUND FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE.
SHOP EARLY. THE INDIVIDUAL TELEPHONE NUMBERS ARE POSTED ON THE WAREHOUSE PAGE
WHERE YOU SHOP in case you want to make a special appointment or have a question
you want answered. YOU HAVE THE WHOLE YEAR TO PLAN YOUR PURCHASE AND THE
WAREHOUSES ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU ALL YEAR ROUND.
Paul Shelton, fireworks dad. "
I wonder what the Hammond fire department did to get the Illinois police so pissed.
btw-there are a bunch of people doing fireworks right now here, including me:)
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Here in Backwater, Oklahoma, USA, you can do anything you think you can get away with. ;)
Fireworks are legal here, but it\'s illegal to sell Bottle Rockets. No prob, I live 3 miles from the Oklahoma/Texas border, so I just take a little drive to get my Rocket fix. Stands open up over 2 weeks in advance of the 4th, so you\'ll hear explosions at all hours of the night from the middle of June to the first of July.
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Originally posted by fastson
Yep..
Fireworks are legal here in Sweden :)
Mmmmm.... pretty much what AIN\'T legal in Sweden??!!! You guys got it pretty good (except for that whole gotta-take-for-F\'ing-ever-to-get-a-game-release thing... But other than that, I mean criminnie, booze, women, dope...and now FIREWORKS!!! Jeez.... :D
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well its all go here in Louisiana pretty cool i love haveing bon fires and then making torches and stuff like that
fire fire fire yeessss
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Originally posted by Aaron
It\'s not legal in Va. Beach, you can go to North Carolina and buy fireworks though. I think it\'s legal in parts of Virginia, but it depends on the type of firework.
Certainly must be legal in at least *parts* of Virginia...b/c here in Richmond & the surrounding areas, there are many places you can purchase them (right on the side of the road at corner gas stations, etc.).
SPOILER ALERT...THOSE THAT STILL BELIEVE IN SANTA READ NO FURTHER!!!
BTW, I got a crazy-a$$ father-in-law that fires off an entire GROCERY BAG full of them each and every flippin\' Christmas EVE after Mass. I don\'t know where this guy gets his sense of convention, but all my wife & I can think during his "shows" is the poor-a$$ neighbors that have finally gotten their kids to bed so that they can spend the next 2 hours putting $hit under the christmas tree as quitely as possible...and then all the freakin\' sudden they\'ve gotta contend with the husband having a Vietnam Flashback as my father-in-law fires off 10 M-80s in a row, more Roman Candles than you can shake a stick at, & who knows WHAT else... Quite embarrassing...
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Umm.. guys... I LIVE in Indiana, and I\'m here to tell you that Fireworks are very illegal here. However, due to a loophole in state stature you can purchase out of state fireworks. Which means, you must leave the state to set them off or risk prosocution. The penalties are pretty stiff too. I know a guy who got 30 days in jail for setting off a bottlerocket in Fort Wayne.
I live in the country, so enforcement is a bit looser out here. (And our local cop, George, is a good ole boy who would hold the lighter for you while you got the good ready.)
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Legal here (Kentucky). I personally don\'t care for fireworks, so I never buy \'em.
I\'m personally hoping my neighbor\'s kids don\'t shoot any off this year. I can\'t stand fireworks.. Damn loud noises.
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Here in Finland it is legal to fire fireworks from 6pm of new years eve, to 6am the next morning. Otherwise, it\'s illegal. Exceptions can be made (for big parties, openings, etc.) by consulting the local police force.
This one year (can\'t remember for the life of me which year), me and a couple of my friends went out and decided to try some bombs at about 5pm on new year\'s eve. Our neighbour was the explosion, and chased us through the forest. When he caught us, he started asking for our personal information and blarblarblar... "You wanna go to jail, huh??!!". Jezuz what a [expletive].
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Umm.. guys... I LIVE in Indiana, and I\'m here to tell you that Fireworks are very illegal here. However, due to a loophole in state stature you can purchase out of state fireworks. Which means, you must leave the state to set them off or risk prosocution. The penalties are pretty stiff too. I know a guy who got 30 days in jail for setting off a bottlerocket in Fort Wayne.
I live in the country, so enforcement is a bit looser out here. (And our local cop, George, is a good ole boy who would hold the lighter for you while you got the good ready.)
So you\'re saying you can purchase them in Indiana but you can\'t set them off there? That doesn\'t make much sense. Are you sure it isn\'t just illegal where you live?
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It\'s illegal to set off fireworks ANYWHERE in Indiana, AFAIK. There might be a few counties where it\'s legal due to legislatiave loopholes.. but overall it\'s a state law.
I guess it all depends on your term "Fireworks" though as well. You can set off sparklers, fountains, twirlers, and smoke bombs.. things like that. But if it explodes in any way shape or form then it\'s illegal.
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Thats really strange because N Indiana has some of the biggest fireworks warehouses.
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here in wyoming your not suppost to set off any fireworks,but the hell wit that law :) i always blow op something on the 4th,but the cops always show up at my doorstep askin if i was setting off fireworks.OH WELL i guess cops have to have somtin to complain about right?!?!?
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Originally posted by KTKNastyCowKill
here in wyoming your not suppost to set off any fireworks,but the hell wit that law :) i always blow op something on the 4th,but the cops always show up at my doorstep askin if i was setting off fireworks.OH WELL i guess cops have to have somtin to complain about right?!?!?
Actually, it is called doing their job. Not complainin\'.
:)