How do the good folks on here feel?
Should all fireworks, including firecrakers and bottle rockets be legal in GA?
I think that they should be.

I agree, but firing live ammo carelessly up into the air should fe a felony (if it is not already).

I think that there would be less gunshots if they had something else that went BOOM!

I'm thinkin' it may as well be legal, enough people buy them where they can, set them off in their yards and you never hear of anyone being charged. Not that I mind...I love watching fireworks from my porch!

only if they are made in the USA other wise they should be illegal. next time you look at a package of fireworks look at where they are made.......

the dr.

Are any of them made here?
I can remember firecrackers with chinese letters on them when I was a kid.

I think that most (If not all) are made In China. I read a news story where ppl were trying to bring Illegal firework from across the border..That were made In Mexico....

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Originally posted by Libertarian Dude:
I agree, but firing live ammo carelessly up into the air should fe a felony (if it is not already).

is there a such thing as dead ammo??????/

the dr.

Anything that launches airborne is prohibited by law in Georgia and I think the same applies in Florida. I read some studies that were done and fireworks cause fires and injuries. They have determined that most of these occur on the 4th of July, DUH! Wonder how much all the rocket scientists and brain surgeons charged to arrive at that conclusion.
I lean towards all fireworks being legalized but then I think back to the guy I saw a few years ago shoot a bottle rocket out of his mouth using a paper plate for a shield. He got burned on his face pretty bad. You can buy them in Tennessee and shoot them in Georgia which means more lost revenue for Georgia. Sometimes you wonder whose side the state government is on.



CONSUMER FIREWORKS
Specifically Permitted Sparklers up to 100 grams each; fountains (items that say 'Emits Showers of Sparks' up to 200 grams total for multiple tube items or 75 grams for each individual tube; snakes, glow worms, snappers, party poppers.
Specifically Prohibited Firecrackers, torpedoes, sky rockets, roman candles, bombs, and sparklers.


DISPLAY FIREWORKS
Display Permit Apply to local county at least 10 days before display date. $10 fee, plus $1 per copy of permit.
Insurance Required. $10,000 bond and insurance for bodily injury of at least $25,000 for each person and $50,000 for each accident, as well as property damage insurance of at least $25,000 for each accident and $50,000 aggregate. Insurance company must be licensed in Georgia.
Operator License required by state law.


MANUFACTURE, STORAGE, TRANSPORTATION
Annual license fee for conducting business in the state: $1,000. Expires Dec 31 each year.


ENFORCING AUTHORITY
Safety Fire Commissioner
State of Georgia
612 West Tower, Floyd Bldg.
#2 MLK, Jr. Drive
Atlanta, GA 30334
404-656-5875
www.inscomm.state.ga.us/


LAW NUMBER
25-10 Georgia Code, Chapter 10
NFPA 1123 adopted with modifications
NFPA 1124 adopted with modifications
NFPA 1126 adopted with modifications

They might as well be legal. I live on the edge of Brookwood and from 8:30 to 10:00 PM all around me it sounded like a war. I don't think one solid minute went by there was not some type of bang. Someone was even blowing off the kind that go into the air like professional ones - the kind that make the mortar type "whump" sound as they are launched.

At Christmas it is about the same thing.

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Originally posted by drflavio:
is there a such thing as dead ammo??????/

the dr.

I guess I meant to say, "blanks". It would be OK to fire blanks into the air, but not lead.

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Originally posted by Libertarian Dude:

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Originally posted by drflavio:
is there a such thing as dead ammo??????/

the dr.

I guess I meant to say, "blanks". It would be OK to fire blanks into the air, but not lead.

there is really dead ammo, I was just funning ya lib dude...
the dr.

Yes, they should all be legal.

Well, of course they should be legal. I know of no reasonable reason why they shouldn't be.

As to the question of safety..well..how about most things we do? That would take away driving (possible fatal crash), swimming (possible drowning), eating (possible choking), sports (possible broken bones)...well, you get the picture.

As for fires...why not make matches and lighters illegal....after all, that's their main purpose. Or grills or campfires since they certainly have "live fire" with them. Or burning leaves in your yard?

I know that accidents have happened, that people can be injured. People can also be injured from anything they do in life. My mother wound up with a broken hip after falling in her yard....perhaps we should outlaw her front yard.

Oh, give it a rest. The government needs to allow the citizens to have some freedom that does not directly and intentionally violate the freedom and harm of others.

Good question for discussion Python. It's great to see that a LEO who is out there to protect our citizens KNOW that this has a pretty obvious answer.

If you could stop stupid people from using them then yeah. But just last night drunk idiots in apartments across from me shooting them right at my house and workshop. I have way to much invested in both for stupid to ruin for me