In 2017, New Jersey became the 48th state to legalize some use of consumer fireworks but their use still remains highly regulated and restricted.

“We’ll get complaints all summer. It’s any holiday, really,” said Surf City Police Chief Jack Casella.

He noted the law change two years ago allowed for the purchase and legal use of certain types of fireworks: “sparklers, ground-based sparklers, novelties like poppers and smoke balls, those poppers you throw at the ground and they make a noise.”

Excluded are larger, more dangerous forms of explosives. “Certainly not Roman Candles, M-80s -they can blow things and…