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Laser pointers a crime? Really?
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[quote:Don Q 7165049:MV8xNjEyNDA5XzI4ODE2MDY2X0UyMTgyREY=] [quote:Anonymous Coward 7863928:MV8xNjEyNDA5XzI4ODEzODE1X0UxQTRFNDI4] [quote:Don Q 7165049:MV8xNjEyNDA5XzI4ODEzMjQxXzk2Mjk1MUEy] [quote:Anonymous Coward 989564:MV8xNjEyNDA5XzI4ODEyODQ3X0NBNjExNjI0] You are only going to go blind from pointing a laser in eyesd if it is for an extended period of time. A few brief flashes in your eyes from a Office Depot laser pointer won't do anything. [/quote] We'r not talkin office depot lasers here. 2000 mw ...that is two thousand milli watt or two watts. Two watts will burn your retina out before you can blink. That's why it is a class 3b laser. This is my business... I know. www.plasticsmith.ca Look at the laser cutting and engraving. Don't point them in the air. All I can say is it is a good thing you can't buy them in North America. [/quote] No but you can buy this in 1 watt http://www.wickedlasers.com/lasers/S3_Krypton_Series-113-63.html Which is 8000 times brighter than the sun. I used one of these to make a "defensive web" in a safe zone of my house. I can go in there, with eye protection, and anyone coming in to get me is fucked. I will own their (single or multiple people) ass in short order. [/quote] These things are not toys, You can find a one watt green laser on the internet and pay alot. Or you could go to Thailand or Cambodia...have a great time .. then bring back a few 2 watt lasers... you will pay around $150 us. I think you could pay for your trip. [/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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