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Fireworks Sales Brisk At Stand Near State Line
July 3, 2022
Business has been brisk this year at an Alabama roadside fireworks store on Highway 31 west of Atmore, less than a mile north of Florida line.
Just three years ago, it was illegal to set off many types of fireworks in Florida. But Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a new law that allows consumer fireworks of most any kind to be used on July 4, December 31 and January 1. Not just the sparklers, noisemakers and the like Floridians had been restricted to for years, but real fireworks that explode or shoot into the sky.
“Class ‘C’ consumer fireworks are legal for the Fourth,” Fireworks Distributors owner Greg Odom said. “That means anything in the store is legal in Florida for the Fourth of July.”
The law signed by DeSantis does not supersede any local regulations governing fireworks.
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3 Responses to “Fireworks Sales Brisk At Stand Near State Line”
No matter what, people start shooting July 2nd / 3rd thru 5th each year here in Beulah.
People always used whatever they waned in years past without recourse from anyone, this just legitimizes everything and guaranteed the July 4th date ONLY to set them off will be ignored. People not familiar with the fireworks wind up hitting neighbors vehicles and cars.
Yeah with that logic you can say your money is going down the drain with buying expensive dine-in food, people want entertainment, and making stuff go boom legally is entertainment.
Your money up in smoke!