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ARTICLE · 07 JULY 2020

Fireworks For July 4th? Not In Massachusetts!

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Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healy sent a cease and desist letter to Phantom Fireworks, telling the company to stop advertising the sale of fireworks to Massachusetts residents.

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Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healy sent a cease and desist letter to Phantom Fireworks, telling the company to stop advertising the sale of fireworks to Massachusetts residents.  What does Attorney General Healy have against John Adams' wish that the signing of the Declaration of Independence be celebrated by, "Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more"? 

It turns out that Massachusetts law prohibits the selling of, the offering to sell, and the use of fireworks in the state in most situations.  Just so there's no confusion about what is prohibited, the law explains that the prohibition includes fireworks such as, "firecrackers, cherry bombs, silver salutes, M-80's, torpedoes, sky-rockets, Roman candles, sparklers, rockets, wheels, colored fires, fountains, mines, serpents or other fireworks of like construction."  

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Originally published by the New York Legal Ethics Reporter

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