Fireworks seized from barge on Patuxent

LordStanley

LordStanley

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huntr1 said:
If they'd have filed the proper paperwork, the nanny state would not have needed to nanny them.
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Its not that easy....

Display Permit Apply to State Fire Marshal at least 10 days before display date. $50 fee per display. A late fee of $50 per display for applications submitted at least 10 days from the date of the display(s). Display permits are needed for outdoor displays, as well as proximate audience displays.
Insurance Required. Minimum $25,000 for injury of one person, $50,000 for more than one person; $10,000 property damage. Workman’s comp or approved accident insurance required. The policy or certificate shall provide that the coverage may not be canceled without at least 30 days notice to the State Fire Marshal. The State of Maryland shall be named as an insured in the contract of insurance.
Operator State license required. $150 fee for a 3 year permit. Apply to State Fire Marshal, minimum age 21 years.

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To quote a friend. "Good thing we set off fireworks to celebrate all this freedom we have."
 
SoMDGirl42

SoMDGirl42

Well-Known Member
LordStanley said:
Its not that easy....

Display Permit Apply to State Fire Marshal at least 10 days before display date. $50 fee per display. A late fee of $50 per display for applications submitted at least 10 days from the date of the display(s). Display permits are needed for outdoor displays, as well as proximate audience displays.
Insurance Required. Minimum $25,000 for injury of one person, $50,000 for more than one person; $10,000 property damage. Workman’s comp or approved accident insurance required. The policy or certificate shall provide that the coverage may not be canceled without at least 30 days notice to the State Fire Marshal. The State of Maryland shall be named as an insured in the contract of insurance.
Operator State license required. $150 fee for a 3 year permit. Apply to State Fire Marshal, minimum age 21 years.

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To quote a friend. "Good thing we set off fireworks to celebrate all this freedom we have."
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Well, it's not like they changed the date lately. State Fire Marshall only requested a 10 day notice. :killingme
 
Bay_Kat

Bay_Kat

Tropical
LordStanley said:
Would have been better to watch that, than the crap they call fireworks in Solomons... chalk another one up for the oppressive nanny state
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I agree, in my neighborhood, the people that live in the houses on the water go all out with fireworks, it's almost like a competition to see who has the better display and it gets better every year. The beach gets packed with people and it lasts several hours. Not only that we can see the fireworks from the North Beach area and the eastern shore. I'd rather watch this than go anywhere else.
 
LordStanley

LordStanley

I know nothing
Bay_Kat said:
I agree, in my neighborhood, the people that live in the houses on the water go all out with fireworks, it's almost like a competition to see who has the better display and it gets better every year. The beach gets packed with people and it lasts several hours. Not only that we can see the fireworks from the North Beach area and the eastern shore. I'd rather watch this than go anywhere else.
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I think its stupid that anything but sparklers are illegal in maryland. This just popped into my head. :killingme

Joe Dirt: So your gonna' tell me that you don't have no black cats, no roman candles, or screaming mimis?
Kicking Wing: No.
Joe Dirt: Oh come on man. You got no lady fingers, fuzz buttles, snicker bombs, church burners, finger blasters, gut busters, zippity do das, or crap flappers?
Kicking Wing: No, I don't.
Joe Dirt: You're gonna stand there, owning a fireworks stand, and tell me you don't have no whistling bungholes, no spleen spliters, whisker biscuits, honkey lighters, hoosker doos, hoosker donts, cherry bombs, nipsy daisers, with or without the scooter stick, or one single whistling kitty chaser?
Kicking Wing: No... because snakes and sparklers are the only ones maryland allows me to sell.
Joe Dirt: Well that might be your problem, it's not what the government likes, it's the consumer.
 
Dymphna

Dymphna

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LordStanley said:
I think its stupid that anything but sparklers are illegal in maryland.
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That rule changed several years ago. Ground based fireworks are allowed. Haven't you noticed the fireworks stands on the side of the road or the displays set up in WalMart and Food Lion. Granted, most of the cool stuff is still illegal, but there's more than sparklers.
 
MMDad

MMDad

Lem Putt
LordStanley said:
show us the law... cause this is all I find

062205FourthofJulySafety

The Herald-Mail
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Only "Fireworks are regulated.


(3) "Fireworks" does not include:





(i) toy pistols, toy canes, toy guns, or other devices that use paper caps that contain 0.25 grains or less of explosive composition if the devices are constructed so that a hand cannot touch the cap when the cap is in place for use;





(ii) toy pistol paper caps that contain less than 0.20 grains of explosive composition;





(iii) sparklers that do not contain chlorates or perchlorates;





(iv) ground-based sparkling devices that are nonaerial and nonexplosive, and are labeled in accordance with the requirements of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission;





(v) paper wrapped snappers that contain less than 0.03 grains of explosive composition; or





(vi) ash-producing pellets known as "snakes" that do not contain mercury and are not regulated by the U. S. Department of Transportation.
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LordStanley

LordStanley

I know nothing
Dymphna said:
From your link...
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From your link
That rule changed several years ago. Ground based fireworks are allowed. Haven't you noticed the fireworks stands on the side of the road or the displays set up in WalMart and Food Lion. Granted, most of the cool stuff is still illegal, but there's more than sparklers.
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Its not a firework.... Its a sparkler!!!!!

Thats all thats allowed in maryland... Ground based or hand held. Its still a sparkler. It doesnt explode, shoot up in the air or make a loud noise.

Click on my second link..
 
Dymphna

Dymphna

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pcjohnnyb said:
I don't see that including anything fun as being legal :lol:
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Dymphna said:
Granted, most of the cool stuff is still illegal,
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I don't see where I disagree with that, but up until a few years ago (maybe 10) the only thing that was legal was gold sparklers...not silver, not snakes, nothing that spinned or moved on the ground, absolutely nothing but low temp (gold) sparklers.
 
MMDad

MMDad

Lem Putt
LordStanley said:
From your link


Its not a firework.... Its a sparkler!!!!!

Thats all thats allowed in maryland... Ground based or hand held. Its still a sparkler. It doesnt explode, shoot up in the air or make a loud noise.

Click on my second link..
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Be fair. When you say "sparkler" EVERYONE thinks of those metal sticks you wave around. Even the state specifies them separately.

You are both correct. Sparklers and ground based sparkling devices are legal.

And the fun things are not legal because half of the state has below average intelligence and cannot be trusted not to shoot themselves up the nose with one.
 
huntr1

huntr1

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LordStanley said:
Its not that easy....

Display Permit Apply to State Fire Marshal at least 10 days before display date. $50 fee per display. A late fee of $50 per display for applications submitted at least 10 days from the date of the display(s). Display permits are needed for outdoor displays, as well as proximate audience displays.
Insurance Required. Minimum $25,000 for injury of one person, $50,000 for more than one person; $10,000 property damage. Workman’s comp or approved accident insurance required. The policy or certificate shall provide that the coverage may not be canceled without at least 30 days notice to the State Fire Marshal. The State of Maryland shall be named as an insured in the contract of insurance.
Operator State license required. $150 fee for a 3 year permit. Apply to State Fire Marshal, minimum age 21 years.

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To quote a friend. "Good thing we set off fireworks to celebrate all this freedom we have."
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Sounds simple enough to me. A licensed fireworks operator would have the insurance on file and it'd just be a matter of submitting the paperwork in time.

Too Bad So Sad to the owners of the fireworks.
 
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