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Set it off: Ballot initiative aims to legalize fireworks, sparks big debate
http://www.metro.us/boston/set-it-off-ballot-initiative-aims-to-legalize-fireworks-sparks-big-debate/zsJohf---ZUkahiB88l1Fg/Fireworks would be legal in Massachusetts under a ballot referendum.
Set it off: Ballot initiative aims to legalize fireworks, sparks big debate
August 6
The fuse has been lit and the fireworks debate has folks all fired up.
When it comes to fireworks, the age-old question of safety versus enjoyment will hit a 2016 ballot referendum, which would legalize and regulate the sale of fireworks in the Commonwealth.
Let’s face it: Many of us have driven up to New Hampshire, hit the State Liquor Store, driven up a few more exits and scored an outrageous amount of fireworks at some point in our lives. Plead the Fifth all you want, you or someone you know has enjoyed the thrill of feeling like a smuggler.
The State House News Service reported that Rich Bastien, a former state representative from Gardener and current teacher, lit the fuse on an effort to legalize sparklers, bottle rockets and small firecrackers, while the wicked high powered ones would be carried in specialty stores.