Hawaii’s fireworks measures fizzle out
Some of the most bold and aggressive ideas to crack down on illegal fireworks appear dead this legislative session.
Bills increasing fines, limiting consumer fireworks, providing technology to search shipping containers and allowing county police departments to track explosions all failed to cross over to their opposite chambers for further consideration.
Retired Army Col. Debra Lewis, 65, had a bad experience with fireworks at a Fourth of July event in the early 1970s at what was then called Wolf Trap Farm in Virginia. The fireworks went off course and into the crowd.
