>  BA> Most fireworks are legal in Missouri, but are illegal in Iowa and 
>  BA> Nebraska.  There's a big fireworks industry on the Missouri side 
of 
>  BA> the Iowa and Nebraska borders.  Nebraska used to put roadblocks 
on 
>  BA> its bridges across the Missouri River to stop cars entering the 
state 
>  BA> to search them for fireworks, and confiscated any fireworks they 
>  BA> found
> 
> You say used to, do they not do this any longer, I do not see how that 
could
> be legal, stopping someone simply based on a suspicion. 

I don't know if they're still doing it.  I moved out of Nebraska 15 
years ago.  This sort of thing is just as legal as the traffic stops for 
sobriety checks
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