Claim: There was "a 57-percent decrease in fireworks-related injuries in 2000  compared to the 14 years prior."
Fact-check: Fireworks lobbyist says sparkler legalization cut Conn. fireworks injury rate by 57 percent in 2000
Verdict: pants-fire
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: C. Eugene Emery Jr.
Date published: 2015-05-24T00:00:00