Yeah, back in the day. What we had then has been ground into the dirt, pushed out of our common culture, or otherwise intimidated into irrelevance as the Leftist/bureaucratic machine has expanded into our back yards like uninvited Gypsies. I don't even recognize the state where I was born and raised - every year I come home, as a good son should, and I find a new reason to think, "It's now illegal here to do
what?!?!?"
"As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their hearts desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
--H.L. Mencken, The Baltimore Evening Sun, July 26, 1920
To their credit, Annapolis legalized fireworks in 2006 or 2007. That’s about the only good thing they’ve done recently, off the top of my head, besides the “castle doctrine” lawsuit-limiting bill.