But State police major John Hunt says the other message in the crackdown is for parents who believe fireworks are a rite of
passage and sparklers can’t be harmful to children:
“Would you let your child put their hand over an open flame? And yet a sparkler has the propensity of burning at 1200 degrees Fahrenheit or more, depending upon the phosphorous and magnesium, some of the chemical makeup.”

passage and sparklers can’t be harmful to children: