And Julie Heckman, executive director of the American Pyrotechnics Association, is playing a patriotic card.

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"It's highly doubtful" the Boston bombers used consumer-grade fireworks, said Julie Heckman, executive director of the American Pyrotechnics Association, an industry trade group.

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New Hampshire is one of 42 states plus the District of Columbia that allow retail sales of some or all fireworks permitted under federal law, according to the American Pyrotechnics Association, an industry trade group.

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