June 29, 200619 yr Well, I will be making a trip up to Beloit some time this weekend to get some fireworks. I will probably only spend about $50. I was just wondering if anybody has gotten caught using fireworks, and what are the fines?I have bought them a couple of times, and have never gotten caught. I'm sure I won't get caught, but you never know. I thought they just confiscated them and maybe a small fine, but I'm not sure.
June 30, 200619 yr QUOTE(whitesoxin @ Jun 29, 2006 -> 05:26 PM) Is Indiana the only place to buy them? I need to go get me some. I highly doubt it. I just went to Texas and they have big warehouses loaded with fireworks.
June 30, 200619 yr We used to buy a "kit" off a kid whose dad was a cop. I guess the business model was: Confiscate illegal contraband from a lawbreaker, give said items to son, pad bank account illegally. Gotta love Chicago.
June 30, 200619 yr My parents never let me near fireworks when I was a kid. Never felt that I was missing out. I like the fireworks on the South Side!
June 30, 200619 yr QUOTE(whitesoxin @ Jun 29, 2006 -> 05:26 PM) Is Indiana the only place to buy them? I need to go get me some. There are several places in Wisconsin. Apparently it's legal to sell them, but not use them. :headshake Anyways, they make you buy like a $4 permit to transport them, and several of the places have buy-one-get-one free deals.
July 1, 200619 yr QUOTE(WhiteSoxfan1986 @ Jun 29, 2006 -> 03:20 PM) Well, I will be making a trip up to Beloit some time this weekend to get some fireworks. I will probably only spend about $50. I was just wondering if anybody has gotten caught using fireworks, and what are the fines?I have bought them a couple of times, and have never gotten caught. I'm sure I won't get caught, but you never know. I thought they just confiscated them and maybe a small fine, but I'm not sure. A couple of years, I just remember cops perching around this big fireworks stand just over the Indiana border, checking trunks of people heading into Illinois who were leaving that stand. I would never go to the first fireworks stand over the border for that reason. My brother and I would usually hit a stand somewhere along US 30 coming home from the relatives in Fort Wayne, and no one ever stopped us to ask what was in our trunk.
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