Allen Ray McGrew, 41, was found laying in the road. He put a firework on his head, and it exploded while on his head, causing massive head injuries, officials said.

His wife, Paige McGrew, said her husband had been drinking since 6 p.m.

See, Florida? It’s not just you. Americans get drunk and do insanely stupid shit everywhere else in the country too.

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    Ban private fireworks and reserve them only for licensed, scheduled displays run by professionals.

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      That was the law in Michigan up until 2012. People would have to drive to Indiana to buy them but there were far fewer fireworks and far fewer injuries. Michigan wanted a cut of the tax revenue Indiana was getting but there is no fucking way Indiana was getting the sales from MI people that MI is now getting here in MI. My neighborhood sounded like a war zone last night, I am in a residential area and people were setting off m80s and huge mortars. This year we had too nice of night for the 4th.