[VeritatisSplendor]

Long Island has the most fireworks of any place where they're illegal that I've ever seen. Drive down the L.I.E. on the Fourth and nice big ones are going off all around you. Italian cultural contribution.

Mrs VS

[lmr]

Long Island has the most fireworks of any place where they're illegal that I've ever seen.

Try Wichita. Anything over that shoots sparks over 6 ft is illegal. For some reason, so are regular firecrackers. Smoke Bombs, Sparklers, Snakes, Fountains, Crackling Balls are all acceptable. However, most everyone shoots the good stuff. They buy it from towns in the suburbs. I used to buy mine in Haysville (On Wichita's south-end.)

The show in Wichita is good every year and most everything being done is illegal. The cops and fire department act like they try to enforce it, but when caught myself the firemen that came by in the fire truck didn't confiscate my stuff. Just a friendly exchange, "You know your aren't supposed to be doing this, Have a good evening."

I moved to Haysville last year (for other reasons), and anything goes except bottle rockets (Statewide Ban.) People here are respectful, a suburb of Wichita of about 10,000. No one points these things at other's homes or children and most everyone quits around 11:30-Midnight. Not a single fire in this town last year and so far so good for this year. The Haysville City government makes GOOD money off the firework licenses and the Wichita residents.