Anything that shoots up into the air more than a few feet are illegal here, other than for professionals. But, they can still be bought if you are willing to purjure yourself and sign a document stating you are taking them out of state. So, we still get the neighborhood big booms, plus the little firecracker noises, which drive the pugs crazy.
When we lived on the lake before we downsized, some idiot across from us decided to shoot ariel fireworks over the lake. Unfortunately, they overshot the lake and exploded right over our back yard, and back room of our house. Our malamute/golden retriever happened to be outside doing her business when the first one exploded. Scared her half to death with the noise, the gunpowder smell, and the ashes raining down. I ended up having to call the police on them because they kept shooting them off in our direction even though we yelled across the lake for them to stop. The poor dog refused to go out later that night and the next couple of days because it was a windless couple of days and the fog of smoke and smell hadn't cleared. Poor thing was terrified of fireworks after that. Imagine a 90 something pound dog climbing in your lap and trying to hide.
