TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey wants Pennsylvania to help take the bang out of fireworks, but its wishes may fizzle.

New Jersey is among nine states that bans all consumer fireworks, but residents can easily scoot over a Delaware River bridge to the Keystone State to purchase their Roman candles, bottle rockets sparklers, firecrackers and the like.

While Pennsylvania law bans fireworks sales to Pennsylvania residents who lack special permits, it allows sales to out-of-state residents.

New Jersey lawmakers worry about the fireworks sparking an explosive situation.

"You worry about the dangerous effects, especially when they're in the hands of young people," said Assemblyman Bill Baroni, R-Mercer. "It's just a matter of public safety."

So a New Jersey Senate committee on Thursday approved a resolution asking neighboring Pennsylvania to revise its 2004 state law to make it illegal to sell consumer fireworks to out-of-state residents.

"We're asking Pennsylvania to be a good neighbor," said Baroni, one of the bill sponsors whose district is a short drive from Pennsylvania.

New Castle, Pa.-based Sky King Fireworks has a store in Morrisville, Pa., practically within sight of the New Jersey Statehouse.

William Micco, Sky King Fireworks co-founder, said he saw no reason to change the law.

"We comply with all the Pennsylvania laws," Micco said, adding that he's ready to fight any change. "We'll have our legal team on it."

Nick Troutman, a former aide to Sen. Roger A. Madigan, who sponsored Pennsylvania's fireworks law, said sales to out-of-state residents are allowed to help protect Pennsylvania fireworks companies.

"If the law was changed, these companies that have invested million of dollars in their fireworks factories would be going out of business," he said.

Troutman said Pennsylvania is not to blame for others coming there to buy fireworks.

"That's not Pennsylvania's responsibility," he said.