With the legalization of fireworks this year, Georgia residents had a blast over the Fourth of July weekend — literally. It seemed that there were more fireworks being detonated, over longer periods of time, than ever before as Independence Day was celebrated. The blowback was swift.
Tom Crawford: Lawmakers have to defuse an explosive issue
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