With July 4 just weeks away, we hope that Penn Hills gets the message out that serious violations of Pennsylvania’s fireworks law will not be tolerated and that fines up to $1,000 will be levied on adults or their unsupervised children who violate the law, in particular the fire hazard of discharging fireworks near homes.
Most people don’t understand or ignore the fact that setting off even legal lower explosive consumer (Class C) grade fireworks near homes (150 feet) is against the law. But the real danger is when powerful illegal “display”or professional-grade aerial exploding shells are brought in from out of state and are mindlessly used near homes. This is inevitable when they end up in the hands of half-witted juveniles.
Our neighbors and ourselves have already experienced this stupidity, and it is a month before July 4.
Gerald and Else Schiller
Penn Hills
