Blow Up Michigan Fireworks Law, Dearborn Residents Say

DEARBORN, MI — The end results of Michigan’s current fireworks law is very real for Dearborn Heights resident Evelyn Cipolletti. “Being tormented for weeks with those large fireworks makes us feel like it is a war zone,” she recently wrote in a Change.org petition.

Petitioners cited various problems with the fireworks law, including that it allows an almost nonstop, three-day siege on neighborhood that leaves veterans with post traumatic stress disorder psychologically reeling and pets frightened and quaking in the corner.

The fireworks tax brought in about $1.6 million in revenue last year, and the state isn’t likely to walk away from it without a battle — one the 35,000 people who have signed a petition to repeal Michigan’s fireworks law appear prepared to wage.

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Here’s what some other Dearborn residents had to say on the MoveOn.org petition site:

Ann Maxwell from Dearborn Heights: “If people would follow the laws concerning these fireworks I would have no problem with them on that basis. But the laws are not followed and it seems the laws are not enforced by police agencies. These loud gunfire like blasts occur continually until all hours of the night and for weeks at a time. They are supposed to be allowed only on the day before, the day of and the day after a holiday and are not allowed from midnight to 8 am. What a joke. I am sick of losing sleep, keeping my windows closed and being unable to enjoy summer nights without these intrusions. Again if the laws were followed I would not have an issue but my rights have been trampled on daily foe weeks and our lawmakers do not care...it's all about money. Shameful.”

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Kelly Anderson from Dearborn heights: “The cities don't enforce this law at all. My state you can set of fireworks the day off and before and after. However it starts in June and goes on all summer”

Catherine McIntosh from Dearborn: “It gets more ridiculous every year. They start earlier and last later. My dog shakes the whole time even with meds from the vet.”

Jeannine Lamoureux from Dearborn Heights: “Save the sanity of poor cats and dogs who suffer from severe anxiety due to "home fireworks" and the risk of danger to inexperienced humans with explosives.”

Deborah Ellis from Dearborn Heights: “Please stop them.”

Comments from this website: https://petitions.moveon.org/s...

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