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<blockquote data-quote="The_Universe" data-source="post: 2374455" data-attributes="member: 8944">I'm curious what kind of access ENworlders have to fireworks (if they're pyromaniacally inclined) for the upcoming holiday (July 4 is the US Independence Day for you non-americans <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />).&nbsp; When I was growing up in South Dakota, you could only buy fireworks for the week before the 4th of July, and one day after. People from out of state (and ID to prove it) could buy from a number of places along the interstate all year. &nbsp;Apart from strongly limiting when fireworks could be sold, the remainder of South Dakota's fireworks laws are fairly lax. As a normal, unlicensed consumer, I can by large multi-shot displays, &quot;artillery shell&quot; launchers, and even 3-4 foot tall single shot &quot;palm&quot; displays.&nbsp; They're expensive, but they're not illegal.&nbsp; On the more mundane end, we can have normal firecrackers, bottle rockets, etc...just no &quot;real&quot; M-80s or Cherry Bombs or the like.&nbsp;My family has always been big into fireworks, and it's not uncommon to have a 2-3 hour display on the night of independence day to honor the birth of our nation.&nbsp; &nbsp;And then I moved to Virginia, where it sucks. &nbsp;Essentially, fireworks here are limited to tiny displays, wussy waist-high spark fountains. Nothing that &quot;pops&quot; or explodes is allowed, which brings me to the question: what's the friggin' point? &nbsp;Anyway, I'm curious as to what kind of fireworks you have access to (if any at all). What are your traditions? Let's hear them!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The_Universe, post: 2374455, member: 8944"] I'm curious what kind of access ENworlders have to fireworks (if they're pyromaniacally inclined) for the upcoming holiday (July 4 is the US Independence Day for you non-americans :)). When I was growing up in South Dakota, you could only buy fireworks for the week before the 4th of July, and one day after. People from out of state (and ID to prove it) could buy from a number of places along the interstate all year. Apart from strongly limiting when fireworks could be sold, the remainder of South Dakota's fireworks laws are fairly lax. As a normal, unlicensed consumer, I can by large multi-shot displays, "artillery shell" launchers, and even 3-4 foot tall single shot "palm" displays. They're expensive, but they're not illegal. On the more mundane end, we can have normal firecrackers, bottle rockets, etc...just no "real" M-80s or Cherry Bombs or the like. My family has always been big into fireworks, and it's not uncommon to have a 2-3 hour display on the night of independence day to honor the birth of our nation. And then I moved to Virginia, where it sucks. Essentially, fireworks here are limited to tiny displays, wussy waist-high spark fountains. Nothing that "pops" or explodes is allowed, which brings me to the question: what's the friggin' point? Anyway, I'm curious as to what kind of fireworks you have access to (if any at all). What are your traditions? Let's hear them! [/QUOTE]

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