The problem will be the people who blow themselves up being foolish. Guess that won't stop legally or illegally. I wish I could use a few of those M80s to scare off some of the critters that come around my back yard. That is what they are used for but those who abuse ruin that for us all. Lets just hope they only blow off their own hands and nobody else around them.

I find it very interesting in the great state of Massachusetts when comes to the rhetoric around how fireworks are evil due to incompetent adults and how they impact children. Yet, not a day goes by (365 days a year), when you open the newspaper or go to your favorite news link and read Massachusetts articles around drunk driving deaths, children being abused, bullying, unlicensed guns in the hands of children, children being shot by other children, corruption in government and government spending. We have so many things in our great state to worry about and yet on the fourth of July, in honor of our founding fathers seeking freedom from the tyranny of injustice against our civil liberties....don't even think about lighting that sparkler. For if you do, the full weight of the Massachusetts justicial system will be brought down on you. Call me crazy...that just doesn't feel right when a pedophile can be on the streets in 60 days, corruption in government ends up in a sizable severance, and drunk drivers end up in class,,,, What about the children..who's thinking of them then..Where is the larger "public" on these issue...As for fireworks legalization, throw it on a ballot somewhere and let the people decide..we did it for medical marijuana...So much tax revenue is lost to our surrounding states..all of which have legalized fireworks..Silly isn't it..By the way, how many of the folks saying fireworks are evil, gamble in our neighboring states..hmmmmmm makes you think..

Can't agree more, lets put it on the ballot, let the people decide.

After watching these TV news people intone somberly on the dangers of fireworks this morning, I'm not sure, but I think fireworks are also supposedly radioactive as well as explosive.

It would help Massachusetts' economy, and it is our right as an american. Massachusetts, don't bother trying to hold on to these laws any more! What good purpose do they serve? People just go and buy them elsewhere anyways, and that money could benefit MA.

OK- I'm about as Libertarian as they get but, knowing how stupid the average American is and, my neighbors carelessness when you fire them off illegally having them land on peoples roofs, I would ask that we consider a) legalizing them, b) requiring a simple, no fee, permit which you get by passing a basic oral exam (or quiz) by the fire department and c) if you are going to fire off large fireworks, if not banned, you notify the fire department in advance