4th of July Hypocricy (was: OT Celebration)

From: joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Fri Jul 6 12:51:23 2001

At 12:13 PM 7/6/01 -0400, you wrote:


>> You'd like it here in Florida. Fireworks have made a real come
>>back. I was outside on the 3rd and 4th and fireworks were popping off in
>>every direction all day and all night long. It's still technically illegal
>>to shoot them but it's seldom enforced now. Around this time of year and
>>on January 1, every major intersection has a large stand selling fireworks.
>>Most of them are the wimpy class C stuff but they make up for it in shear
>>volume. There are even a number of stores that sell nothing but fireworks
>>that are now open year round. I stopped at one at I-95 and SR 520 and
>>stocked up the week before.
>
>I think the state law here in Florida is that you cannot ignite any
>fireworks other than class "C" without a permit and permits are only given
>to professional pyromaniacs. Basically, that leaves sparklers and smoke
>bombs the only legal devices that individuals can display.

     Actually you're allowed to buy them for "agriculturial use". That's
is you can use them for scaring off birds and such from your crops. At
first, the sellers were having everyone sign a statement that they were
buying them for agriculturial use but now they just sell them to you with
no questions asked.


>However... In Broward County where I live, if you are over 18 and sign a
>waiver stating that you will not ignite them within the state, you can
>legally buy whatever kind of fireworks that you want. Cherry bombs, m-80s,
>arial displays (mortars), bottle rockets, roman candles, you name it.

     Yes, but it' s all still class C unless you have a federal (BATF)
license. Even then the stands don't carry the class B stuff, you have to
buy it from a specialty supplier or manufacturer.

    Joe
Received on Fri Jul 06 2001 - 12:51:23 BST