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:)
Poll