![]() ![]() To keep things fun and safe, officials urge residents to make sure fireworks are even legal within city or county limits. In 2012, the state saw 226 fireworks-related injuries across the state. Last year, a man in Eastern Washington was killed after handling a powerful firework with a quick fuse. Phillips says enforcing the laws dealing with fireworks is messy, and involves confusing rules and regulations.Īnd it can be deadly. If you’re there to buy legal fireworks, you’re going to be sold legal fireworks unless you say, ‘I want the good stuff,’ and you’re willing to pay a premium for it.” “Typically you have to ask the right questions to get the illegal item. That’s where this one gets more difficult,” Phillips said. ![]() “So this has all the right consumer labeling. Phillips showed a long well-labeled tube, called Light Saber, that, if pointed in the right direction, could riddle someone with holes. ![]() The homemade ones were easy to spot.īrennan Phillips, an explosives officer with ATF, advises against touch anything wrapped in plain brown paper, “Or without a colorful label is an indication that it’s probably not legal.”īut it’s not always so easy to tell. Credit Jennifer Wing The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives displays illegal fireworks.Īt the same demonstration, a small arsenal of illegal fireworks was displayed on a table. ![]()
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