Hawaiʻi's Illegal Fireworks Laws Aren't Working. Is That About To Change?

Hawaiʻi’s Illegal Fireworks Laws Aren’t Working. Is That About To Change?

In light of the tragic loss of life at an Aliamanu Fireworks party on New Years evening, the Dept of Law Enforcement under the Direction of Jordan Lowe and in conjunction with HPD Bomb squad and various other state and local agencies conducted a Fireworks Amnesty event at Aloha Stadium on Saturday January 11th and invited the public to turn in any illegal fireworks with no questions asked. Both professionally manufactured and self made elements were turned in to agents who sorted and packed the fireworks for disposal at a later date. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025)

Just after 8.30 the evening of Aug. 19, a Department of Law Enforcement officer watched a man walk into the middle of Kaiwiula Street in Honolulu and light a fuse. An illegal firework shot 40 feet into the air and exploded. “Sorry officer, this is my last one,” the man told the cop, before giving … Continue reading Hawaiʻi’s Illegal Fireworks Laws Aren’t Working. Is That About To Change?