Hawaii governor proposes tougher fireworks penalties [Video]

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green on Monday proposed a range of new penalties to crack down on those who flout the state’s fireworks laws, nearly two weeks after a fireworks explosion at a Honolulu home on New Year’s Eve killed four people and injured about 20 others.Video above: Drone footage shows deadly fireworks explosionThe potential new measures include $300 tickets police could issue to those who shoot off fireworks and class A felony charges and decades in prison for those whose use of fireworks leads to serious injury or death. The governor plans to include the proposals in a bill he will send lawmakers for the new legislative session beginning Wednesday.“We want to deter people from doing this. Three hundred dollars will probably send a chilling effect over a lot of young people, I would expect,” Green said at a news conference. “But getting a major felony on one’s record and …