nitrogen wrote:Keith B wrote: As far as I know fireworks are illegal in most if not all of California unless you have a permit or are a licensed pyrotechnician and are putting on a show.
This is incorrect. There is a large market for fireworks that barely skirt the law, just like with guns.
Not to argue with you nitrogen, but it looks pretty cut & dried to me:
"California Fireworks Laws
CONSUMER FIREWORKS
Specifically Permitted: Consumer Fireworks not specifically prohibited (size limitations specified.)
Specifically Prohibited: Firecrackers, skyrockets, rockets, roman candles, chasers, sparklers over 10"or diameter, surprise items, friction items, torpedoes, items resembling food, fireworks containing arsenic, phosphorus, thiocyanates magnesium (magnesium alloys permitted), mercury salts, picrates or picric acid, gallates or gallic acid, chlorates, (except those of alkali or earth metals), boron, titanium (except larger than 100 mesh), zirconium, gunpowder, and fireworks kits.
Selling Period Noon, June 28, through noon, July 6.
Sale Items for sale must be of a type approved by the State Fire Marshal. Salesperson�s minimum age is 18 years.
Age of Purchase 16 years old."
Source:
http://www.fireworks.com/fireworks_laws ... fornia.asp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
