California judge sends man to federal prison for shining laser pointer at police chopper

So they should. It's an incredibly stupid and dangerous thing to do.

Agreed. It's even more dangerous when people do it on commercial planes during the landing approach...

Good, your freedoms don't include the freedom to harass people with cameras, laser pointers, or any damn thing else.

He's lucky the law got to him before Darwin did.

What a maroon.

I don't know which ones you can buy in the US, but the ones they are selling now in the markets here you can light a cigarette with in under 4 seconds.

They are extremely powerful, and can blind you from miles away. The last thing you want to be doing with them is pointing them at someone flying.

looked like a damn UFO to me

Oh, so that's why my cats always go blind