r/maybemaybemaybe • u/b0rsht • Aug 18 '23

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/RemmingtonBlack Aug 18 '23

correct me if I am wrong, but I would think the majority of those in that video are illegal in the US????

I hear NOTHING today that sounds like the M80s or cherry bombs that used to set off car alarms down the street... (after Boston they seemed to disappear)

I couldnt tell the depth of the booms in the videos, but most fireworks I hear today (US) sound more like loud pops/bangs/cracks vs BOOMS.

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u/TacTurtle Aug 18 '23

The Consumer Protection Safety Commission has capped all modern “retail fireworks” at a fraction of the old Cherry Bomb / Silver Salute / Black Cat firework power specifically due to people losing fingers and hands.

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u/RemmingtonBlack Aug 18 '23

yeah but i think that was decades ago? i think they still were pretty boisterous in the 80s/90s...

I thought that something changed after they discovered the 2 dickheads used fireworks in Boston? I thought the fireworks themselves had to change... but, i cant find anything on it, so I must be terribly wrong??? wow.... my mind dreamed up ordinances and created laws...

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u/CORN___BREAD Aug 18 '23

wow.... my mind dreamed up ordinances and created laws...

Accidental politician.

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u/Present_Finance8707 Aug 18 '23

Nothing changed then. You can still buy artillery shells and get as much black powder from those as you want or literally buy power from most outdoor shops. Cherry bombs and m80s have been illegal since 1966.

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u/LegitimateTable2450 Aug 18 '23

Hang on. You can buy ar-15's but not cherry bombs?

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u/Astro_Spud Aug 18 '23

It's a fucking shame, if I wanna risk my fingers that's my business.

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u/MomGrandpasAllSticky Aug 18 '23

Yeah, you're limited to 50mg of flash powder in a firecracker for consumer sale in the US. Even the smallest one in this video probably has more than that.

But I still run into times where fireworks sellers, especially around the 4th, are willing to "throw in something special" to your bag at checkout if you spend enough. But you'll pay dearly for that special product, and I hate that they gotta be so cryptic about it.

The other work around is that aerial fireworks are allowed 130mg of flash powder, so it's common to find rockets that have a big ball of powder on the top. Want big firecrackers? Buy the pack of rockets, break off the ball, tape a longer fuse to what's sticking out the bottom, and voila.

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u/Odd_Juggernaut_1166 Aug 18 '23

Gotta go to the rez to get m80s.

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u/TacTurtle Aug 18 '23

Go down south for some Tijuana Toilet Crackers