I went into Walmarts last night and at the entrance they had fireworks for sale, my first thought was "holy sh*t" As I looked at them I noticed all the boxes were fountains and cones, it seems some types of fireworks are now legal in NY. Maybe in a couple more years NY will be allowed to legally sell some of the good fireworks, until then I guess people will just still pass state lines
"In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot."
Ugh, I'm an anti-firework person. Burned my hand pretty bad when I was a child on our neighbor's illegal fireworks. Idiot thought I would like to have one shoot out of my hand. It bubbled over like lava onto my hand. I dropped it and it shot off across the yard and into their shed. Luckily, it didn't catch fire. Everything could have been much worse.
Rationally, I realize that one stupid adult shouldn't mean that the rest of the state should be denied access, but whenever it's mentioned my hand starts to throb and my mouth automatically says, "nooooooooooo!!!"
Take a wire coathanger. Unwrwp it and make one long piece. Make a hook on one end and attach 2 pieces of steel wool
Light the steel wool and spin the wire carefuly . You can spin it over your head like roy rogers and the sparks will fky away from you. Be careful . The steel wool burns like a roman candel.
Take a wire coathanger. Unwrwp it and make one long piece. Make a hook on one end and attach 2 pieces of steel wool
Light the steel wool and spin the wire carefuly . You can spin it over your head like roy rogers and the sparks will fky away from you. Be careful . The steel wool burns like a roman candel.
"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix,"
Bout time! new yorkers have had illegal fireworks forEVER!!!!
must be that nys needs more sales tax money!!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
Chris Churchill: Please don't repeat my sparkler mistake
Published 6:07 am, Tuesday, June 16, 2015
I am an outlaw and a criminal.
Over the weekend, I purchased sparklers in Rensselaer County, where they are legal, and smuggled them to my home in Albany County, where they are illegal. Then I lit one and watched as its sparked and sizzled.
I know this revelation will cause some of you to turn away in disgust. I put my family and community at risk, and I fully expect that I will soon be evading the grasping hands of law enforcement. I may have no choice but to flee and live on the lam.
But I just couldn't help myself.
When I saw those sparklers sitting in the Target in East Greenbush, the temptation was too great. Maybe it was childhood memories of reckless sparkler fun. Maybe it was the jazzy red-and-yellow packaging.
Or maybe it was the novelty. Sparklers were illegal everywhere in New York until just last year, when the state decided to allow counties to decide for themselves whether to allow "non-airborne pyrotechnics."
Sparklers are now A-OK in Schenectady, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Montgomery, Fulton, Warren, Washington and Greene counties and many others around the state. But they remain illegal in Albany County, where lawmakers are dedicated to wrapping the citizenry in a warm cocoon of safety.
Now I could pretend that I was ignorant of the Albany County law when I smuggled my sparklers over the Dunn Memorial Bridge. But that would be a lie. I was fully aware that Albany County had considered legalizing sparklers before rejecting them as too dangerous.
So I am an outlaw — a common hoodlum.
But I am filled with remorse. The Albany County Legislature knows what's best for me and my family, and I should have listened to its members. For a second there, I arrogantly believed that I should be able to make up my own mind about sparklers, but I know better now.
What's funny, though, is that seeing the sparklers sitting on my kitchen counter made me realize how many other dangers lurk in our homes. There are many products that are just as threatening as sparklers, yet perfectly legal.
Candles. Matches. Lighters. Fireplaces.
There is only one solution. They must all be banned. Safety demands nothing less.
Nor should we stop there. Stoves and grills also get very hot and could cause burns, so they must go. The same goes for furnaces. I'm on the fence about electricity.
Now, some of you are probably thinking ahead to winter and wondering how you'll stay warm without a fireplace or furnace. But I think you'll agree that sacrificing a little comfort is an appropriate price for safety. Upstate winters aren't as bad as everybody claims, anyway.
Oh, there will be naysayers. Every time Albany County tries to protect us against a menace — be it Styrofoam coffee cups, online name-calling or cigarettes for sale in pharmacies — there are those who complain about "infringement on freedoms."
Those people don't appreciate what legislators are trying to do for them. They are like rebellious children who don't understand that when mom and dad forbid dangerous things, they do so out of love. This is for our own good, people.
There are also daredevils who claim that sparklers and other hazards aren't risky enough to justify a ban.
"When adults are given the opportunity to be responsible, they are responsible," said County Legislature Chairman Shawn Morse, who pushed to legalize sparklers even though — get this — he's a professional firefighter. "We put 12 lit candles on top of a cake and have our kids put their face close to the cake to blow them out," Morse said. "With appropriate supervision, that kid makes it to his 13th birthday."
Perhaps. But if one child suffers a birthday burn, that's one burn too many. Sorry kids, but candles must go.
It is true that life will be a little dull without sparklers, candles, stoves, furnaces and maybe electricity. We will be painting over the world's colorful mural with broad strokes of gray. We will all miss cooked food and warm homes.
Plus, risk is a thrill. Nobody understands that more than I do after holding that blazing sparkler. But many other kinds of criminality are also thrilling, and we shouldn't dance on a slippery slope. If the county legalizes sparklers, it won't be long before civilization collapses and we're all running around naked.
So let's all thank Albany County legislators for protecting us. Honestly, what would we do without them?
As I looked at them I noticed all the boxes were fountains and cones, it seems some types of fireworks are now legal in NY. Maybe in a couple more years NY will be allowed to legally sell some of the good fireworks, until then I guess people will just still pass state lines 
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