A renewed bid to let Iowans LEGALLY launch fireworks has fizzled. Senator Bill Dotzler, a Democrat from Waterloo, says Iowans are setting fireworks off now even though it is ILLEGAL and he predicts legislators will wrestle with the issue again next year
Dotzler says there’s more resistance in cities
Veterans also complain fireworks are a trial for some soldiers who suffer from post traumatic stress disorder. Other groups that oppose the bill say about half of those who get injured by fireworks each are a bystander rather than the person who lit the firework. The only fireworks which ARE legal for anyone to sell and ignite in Iowa today are sparklers and snakes. Fireworks shows may be held in Iowa, IF organizers obtain a special permit.
