On Wed, 02 Dec 2015 11:05:11 -0500, wrote:

I am not minimizing the potential danger of laser pointers but why
don't we see stories about drivers of cars being blinded or simply 2
kits playing with one being blinded for life?
Terrestrial victims will be relatively close together.
Somehow if you are in a plane or helicopter 4 miles away, it is
"instant Ray Charles".

If these are so dangerous, why hasn't CPSC sent them down the road
with aluminum wire and lawn darts?


Here's a good response:

https://www.fbi.gov/news/videos/maki...t-about-lasers

and:

https://www.pangolin.com/faa/laser-a...xplanation.htm
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Ban idiots, not guns!

On Wed, 02 Dec 2015 11:51:26 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Wed, 02 Dec 2015 11:05:11 -0500, wrote:

I am not minimizing the potential danger of laser pointers but why
don't we see stories about drivers of cars being blinded or simply 2
kits playing with one being blinded for life?
Terrestrial victims will be relatively close together.
Somehow if you are in a plane or helicopter 4 miles away, it is
"instant Ray Charles".

If these are so dangerous, why hasn't CPSC sent them down the road
with aluminum wire and lawn darts?


Here's a good response:

https://www.fbi.gov/news/videos/maki...t-about-lasers

and:

https://www.pangolin.com/faa/laser-a...xplanation.htm


I lightning strike must really screw these guys up. Hope they never
fly over Vegas where they have that megawatt spotlight shining up in
the air. ;-)