Stewart Kissel wrote:
http://www.dailyrecord.com/news/arti...ews2-laser.htm

This kinda stuff drives me nuts....

When people are either to ignorant, or think they can
get away with something, that is not okay.

'Hey dad, lets go shine the laser at some more planes
tonight, sure is fun'

The can lock up the whole family as far as I am conerned


Same subject has been kicking around sci.astro.amateur. Cheap little 5
mW (low power) green lasers are great for pointing out stars and
constellations. They create a green beam that's visible for maybe 1000
feet in dark skies. Very cool and very useful when pointing out the
heavens to others. Obviously they can be abused, but I suspect the
readily available ones are more of a threat to drivers. The beam just
doesn't have enough power to threaten an aircraft by blinding a pilot
(annoy, yes and I agree that adds risk). The big concern in amateur
astronomy is that "Homeland Security" will ban them and all low power
lasers because they constitute a "terrorist threat".
Now, high powered (like a few watts) lasers are a different story. The
lack of regulation for these beasties is unconscionable IMHO.

Shawn