Letter: Fireworks unlikely to be controlled by laws alone

Jan 07, 2025

Just as illegal firearms will never be controlled by gun laws, illegal fireworks will probably not be controlled by fireworks legislation. While those who skirt the law may be primarily responsible for catastrophes like the horrendous New Year’s event in Hawaii, the law itself may be partly to blame by encouraging hoarding of massive caches of fireworks to use and sell on the black market.