bowsniper Report post Posted December 30, 2010 So.... let me get this straight: You can buy fireworks in Phoenix, but you can't set them off in Phoenix. Must has something to do with the massive tax revenue that will be generated? Mark Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
.270 Report post Posted December 30, 2010 ain't that an oxymoron and a half? who thunk that up? i collect guns and have a few i seldom shoot. but i don't know any reason to collect farworks and not set em off. Lark. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bonecollector Report post Posted December 30, 2010 The fireworks they are selling ain't even that good I heard from people that are buying them. I think you can only set them off on newyears and 4th of July in the cities that banned them. There are a lot of tents setup around the valley selling fireworks, Its all about the revenue I guess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rogeti Report post Posted December 30, 2010 What they allow and dont allow is ridiculous. You can buy fountains and sparklers and emit thousands of sparks, but you can buy a fire cracker that just pops and is out??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stanley Report post Posted December 30, 2010 Seems like the laws roughly follow that of some other places I'm a bit familiar with. Went to school in SLC, and it was that way there. They allowed limited fireworks during limited days of the year (focused around a couple of key holidays....). Generally, they allowed the same ones that are now being sold here in Phx. Sparklers, cones, fountains, etc.... The boys would rather have bottle-rockets or M-80's, but I think my little girl will look forward to the sparklers! S. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
W.O.T Report post Posted December 31, 2010 Any idea if they wheel and deal on the fireworks or are those fixed prices? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bonecollector Report post Posted December 31, 2010 Pretty much fixed prices that I've seen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sjvcon Report post Posted January 7, 2011 The way I understand it, the "legalization" was a State thing, but each city is allowed to have it's own ordinances on them. Currently, only two cities in Maricopa allow fireworks ... Gilbert (if you can believe that), and Glendale. They are illegal everywhere else ... not to possess, but to set off. Now on to my COMMENTARY. Pretty darn lame!!! If you can't set them off in a city, you shouldn't sell them there. They are definitely doing it for the tax revenue, and also the FINES that they are sure they will collect because people won't check to see if they can set them off or not. I understand why the cities are keeping it illegel to some extent ... there are studies showing the incidence of fireworks related injuries to children being far too common. But to some extent, isn't that just a BAD PARENTING thing? Maybe it's just me, but again a case of the government stepping in too frequently in our daily lives? I grew up with legal fireworks ... never got more than a mild burn blister from holding the match too long. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azslim Report post Posted January 7, 2011 Yep, in Wyoming I was always messing with fireworks. Have had untold number blow up in my hands before I could throw them, used to have bottle rocket and Roman candle fights - you can get pretty accurate with them, stick a firecracker in my cousins back pocket and light it off and pay attention for the next week so he couldn't get even, pitch cherry bombs or m-80's into the fishing hole and collect fish afterwards. No one was seriously hurt, we all have our fingers and while we may not hear as well anymore that is more an age thing. Think of all the adventures the "protected youth" of today won't get to experience. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DUG Report post Posted January 7, 2011 From what I can tell, only Glendale and Gilbert allows you to light fireworks. You should of seen our neighborhood in Glendale on New Years Eve. It was nothing but a smokey haze from all the fireworks being set off. Pretty soon they'll have a no boom night similar to the no burn night because of air quality......... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZLance Report post Posted January 7, 2011 In Tucson, the police wont repond to traffic accidents, or gasoline drive off's anymore due to budget restraints, so why would they respond to fireworks... On new years eve, it sounded like bagdad in my neighborhood, and not a police officer to be seen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snapshot Report post Posted January 8, 2011 Here in Montana they have some pretty nice roadside vendor setups in the summer, with quality fireworks. But you can only discharge them on private property. New years eve sounded like a mortar range where I live,.........incoming.............Boom! There is no sales tax here on most stuff, but that is offset with higher prices. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
