From sparklers to bottle rockets to live ammunition, law enforcement officers across the metro collected unwanted explosives or firearms with no questions asked on Saturday.

Fireworks Amnesty Day provided the perfect venue as officers from multiple agencies took in fireworks and ammo from anyone who wanted to get rid of them.

There were drop-off locations at Seymour Smith Park at 72nd and Harrison, Old Skate Land, Dave's Auto Body off Blair High Road and in Council Bluffs at 28th and Broadway.

"I dropped off some .22 ammunition and some shotgun ammo that I don't use anymore," said Fletcher Peters of Omaha, who couldn't wait to unload his van at Seymour Smith Park.

“I don't use that ammunition anymore, I just have it sittin' around the house and I wanted to get it out of there. So did my wife."

"Gentleman said they'd been in his garage for about three or four years, he just remembered he had them so he took advantage of this and brought them in," said Matt Manhart of the Omaha Bomb Squad.

Last year they collected between 800 and 1,000 pounds of fireworks on Amnesty Day. This year, a tear gas grenade from 1971 was dropped off. That was the exception rather than the rule, according to Omaha Police Lt. Mark Desler.

"Most of the stuff we have gotten today are fireworks that are legally purchased in Nebraska. In the past we have gotten military ordinance hand grenades, explosives, things that are extremely dangerous."

It was that very danger that prompted Dean Carlyle to make the trip to Seymour Smith Park to get rid of old ammunition.

"I saw it today on the news and they started talking about having kids in the house with old stuff and the possibility of a fire in your house. Kind of made me think so I brought some of the stuff I didn't need anymore."

If you have fireworks left over or have unwanted firearms, you can still get rid of them by calling the Omaha Police Department. All firearms collected are destroyed in accordance with state statute. Fireworks and ammo are burned at an off-site location.