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Laser pointers a crime? Really?
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[quote:SHR:MV8xNjEyNDA5XzI4ODEyMzI1XzdFNjAzRjZG] Yes Lasers are dangerous you fucktards...like many other things are also dangerous. Lasers also have virtually unlimited range, which sets them apart from other such things like BB guns for instance which I'm sure most of you dumbfucks would have also hurt other people with if they had the range to. This is exactly why bullshit nanny state "safety" laws can and do get passed, because of ignorant dipshits that do cause harm to other people with thier own stupidness. Then they scratch thier dumb heads and bitch about being oppressed. A better solution would be to have a microwave beam weapon return fire to the laser source, burning the users hand off. Then all they'd have to say is something like, "Wuh....I was just like microwaving back dood, I did it like when I was a kid wuuuh..." One less retard fucking it up for the rest of us by sticking forks in toasters and doing other dumbshit things. [/quote]
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Looking for opinion here. Just read in the paper two people have been charged for shining a laser pointer at undercover cops. The cops were in a boat at night patrolling the river (the 'shiners' were on shore, so the distance was considerable). Apparently, the cops went to the hospital with "minor injuries", which of course I don't buy. These two now have a criminal record.
Now, I understand that lasers *can* cause eye damage, but these were consumer grade and the perps were at a distance. Could they not have just been told to smarten up? Instead of being charged with assault with a weapon? What bothers me most is that I feel charges never would have been laid had the 'victims' been civilians.
Am I overreacting? This story makes me mad. I used to play with a laser pointer when I was younger; should I turn myself in?
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