Sparklers are the retarded cousin of fireworks.

You can buy anything in Idaho as long as you sign a waver saying you are taking it out of state. I never see anything except Idaho plates in the parking lots, and so many people buy mortars to set off in their cul de sacs that the city of Boise doesn't have to put on a fireworks show.

Arizona has just passed a law to legalize sparklers in December. http://ktar.com/?nid=6&sid=1309426

this isn't completely accurate, Rhode Island just changed the law allowing ground based and sparklers, http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText10/HouseText10/H8173A.pdf

I saw way more fireworks growing up in New York than the other five states I lived in since (in which they are legal). Forgettaboutit!

In Arizona you can carry guns around with you but not fireworks.

In Ohio if you pretend to be a reseller taking them out of state you can get anything.

http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/psp/4451/fireworksfaq/537214

map is way off.. I live in PA and mostly everything is prohibited

Think about how stupid the average person is. Then realize that half of all people are stupider than that. Then realize that this weekend, those people will be handling explosives (and will probably be drunk at the same time).

The south Texas city I live in bans them within city limits (everyone uses them anyway, and of course the local fireworks show is given a pass). If you're outside the city limits, go crazy.

In NY, if you're at an address known to be cop-friendly or associated, you can do whatever you want, even fill an Interstate trench with smoke.

Texas looks very permissive on that map, but the west Texas city I live in bans ALL fireworks within city limits. :(

if you can't get bottle rockets and roman candles - it's just not worth it. I'm going out with a 30-30 and a case of watermelons here in VA. my life sucks.

I am anti-gun but heavily pro-firework.

It's newly legal in RI. I bought thirty.

Yeah, this map sucks donkeys. Maryland pretty much bans everything except Bic lighters and gas grills.  CONSUMER FIREWORKS Specifically Permitted:  Sparklers containing no chlorates or perchlorates, ground based sparkling devices that are non-aerial non-explosive, and are labeled in accordance with the requirements of CPSC. Paper wrapped snappers containing less than 3/100 grains of explosive composition, and snakes that contain no mercury and are not regulated by DOT. Note: retailers must submit products for testing and approval to State Fire Marshal’s Office prior to sale. Specifically Prohibited: All others Snappers? Really??? Source: http://www.fireworks.com/fireworks_laws/laws_maryland.asp

I've lived in Iowa and Illinois, and the laws banning fireworks are pretty much universally ignored.

thank god i live in the plains. sparklers are for babies and girls and safe and sane fireworks are for preacher's kids.