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So, when I was growing up in N.C. til I was 12, and then in Pennsylvania til 19, we were unable to purchase(or use) fireworks. As a kid I used to look forward to our not so common trips to Myrtle Beach SC, and one of the things we looked forward to the most, were the legal fireworks stores! Yay!
The most painfully obvious of these SC dealers, is also one of the most blatant tourist traps on the planet, 'South of the Border'. You began seeing billboards for it literally hundreds of miles before you got there, and dozens more as you got closer(don't know if thats changed).
Then about 3 years ago, I learned that there are now fireworks dealers right over the Border in Md and Pa. I was curious, so I stopped by the one outside of the town of Northeast Md. BTW: Just in case you wonder where geographically Northeast Md is, it's in northeast Md. Lol.
I walk in, only to be stopped by a guy at the door, who asks to see my picture ID(no he isn't racist), so I give it to him. He says he wants to make sure that I am NOT from Md. That's odd.... I ask why. He says that the law states that they cannot sell fireworks to people from their own state, but they can sell them to folks from other states.
I just learned of another fireworks store in Nottingham Pa. Yes, there's a big forest there, and no, Friar Tuck doesn't live there. The sales person there told me the same state-related law. They are NOT allowed to sell fireworks to folks from their own state of Pa, but they certainly will sell them to De and Md residents.
How ridiculous is it, that political leaders have seen fit to create laws that allow selling potentially dangerous fireworks to people from out of state(where it's illegal to use them), but not to their own residents. I guess the old phrase "looking out for your own" really takes a radical course here, because it seems they aren't looking out for their neighbors.... I'm not complaining too loudly though, as I bought some bottle rockets and smallish mortars at that Md store, and I probably will once again. You can clearly see(and hear) the products provided by those stores on New Years and on the 4th.
The most painfully obvious of these SC dealers, is also one of the most blatant tourist traps on the planet, 'South of the Border'. You began seeing billboards for it literally hundreds of miles before you got there, and dozens more as you got closer(don't know if thats changed).
Then about 3 years ago, I learned that there are now fireworks dealers right over the Border in Md and Pa. I was curious, so I stopped by the one outside of the town of Northeast Md. BTW: Just in case you wonder where geographically Northeast Md is, it's in northeast Md. Lol.
I walk in, only to be stopped by a guy at the door, who asks to see my picture ID(no he isn't racist), so I give it to him. He says he wants to make sure that I am NOT from Md. That's odd.... I ask why. He says that the law states that they cannot sell fireworks to people from their own state, but they can sell them to folks from other states.
I just learned of another fireworks store in Nottingham Pa. Yes, there's a big forest there, and no, Friar Tuck doesn't live there. The sales person there told me the same state-related law. They are NOT allowed to sell fireworks to folks from their own state of Pa, but they certainly will sell them to De and Md residents.
How ridiculous is it, that political leaders have seen fit to create laws that allow selling potentially dangerous fireworks to people from out of state(where it's illegal to use them), but not to their own residents. I guess the old phrase "looking out for your own" really takes a radical course here, because it seems they aren't looking out for their neighbors.... I'm not complaining too loudly though, as I bought some bottle rockets and smallish mortars at that Md store, and I probably will once again. You can clearly see(and hear) the products provided by those stores on New Years and on the 4th.
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