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Two weeks before Independence Day I discovered a 39-page catalog in my mailbox from TNT Fireworks, headquartered in Florence, Alabama. For me, claustrophobic pages of six to eight offerings with seizure-inducing colors made it challenging to focus on any one product. But I did fixate long enough to admire come-ons for Collateral Damage, Corruption, Meow 7-Shot, and Total Diva Finale.
It is a
federal felony to ship fireworks via the U.S. mail, with the exception of wussy stuff
like sparklers. But it’s the states that decide which fireworks their residents
may purchase and detonate. My state, Massachusetts, is the only one that bans the purchase and sale of all fireworks outright. (Go figure.) My best bet, then, is a drive to TNT’s nearest Supercenter, in Hinsdale, New
Hampshire.
You have to
admire the company’s business model, which sports supercenters in ten other
states. They are role models for guns per
capita. According to the website Thought.Co. com, Wyoming leads the pack with one gun for every 229 citizens.* (Do science
fair projects in the Cowboy State have more pizazz per kid?) More populous
states dominate the category, Number
of Registered Guns, with Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Georgia all in the top five.** Each has one or more TNT supercenters.
One more note. TNT's supercenters are open year round. In fact, you can satisfy your incendiary needs right up to the moment of truth: July 4th hours run 8 am to midnight.
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