[lightman]

Pennsylvania law was changed two years ago allowing stores to sell fireworks otherwise illegal in the Commonwealth to out of state residents ONLY. Living in a border County, we have two of these operations. One checks ID at the door; if you have a PA driver's license you don't get in. The other checks ID at the counter. The boring fireworks can be sold to anyone; anything that flies up can be sold only to out of staters who also have to sign a form that they will immediately transport our of PA.

[CT-Freeper]

I used to live in a county in NY that bordered Pennsylvania (Binghamton, NY area - in Broome County). There were a few places that sold fireworks just a few miles down the road into PA from where I lived. It was always fun making our purchases and then trying to "innocently" drive by the NY State Troopers or County Sheriff patrol cars that were idling just across the state lines.

One store that sold a few sparkler-type fireworks was literally feet over the state line, so the town cops would sit just inside NY, watch as people came out of the shop with their fireworks, and flag them down as soon as they crossed into NY.