Monday, July 5, 1999: Indepenence day

[NonsenseWords]

...coded a day late, I guess.



Aren't fireworks illegal in most states?

[Arloest]

It's legal in mine, in fact I could set off fireworks in my driveway if I wanted to.

[Bocaj Claw]

I felt more obligated to note various holidays in the strip then than I do now.

[Tom_Radigan]

And Britain has Guy Fawkes day, celebrated in a similar manner.

[Æron]

Laws with fireworks vary by state, I think. In my state, it is legal to use any that shoot sparks: ("fountains", etc.), but illegal to use anything that is shot into the air before exploding. (Without a permit, that is.)

[NonsenseWords]

That's why I ask. My state can sell and allows the firing of most types of fireworks, I believe, but the next state over doesn't allow for the sale and purchase of fireworks, so we have 'fireworks superstores' that people can go to for all their pyrotechnic needs.

Either way I'm pretty sure you aren't allowed to sell them to little children, and it's a horrible horrible idea to let them go unsupervised.

(I wonder if Ozy's comment is related to the explosions, or to the very real possibility of very killing himself...)

[Muninn]

Either way I'm pretty sure you aren't allowed to sell them to little children, and it's a horrible horrible idea to let them go unsupervised.

What are you, some PC nanny? Let them have a go and blow themselves up if they do. How else are they going to learn?