Artical over lasers and airplanes?

YEARS in prison for shining a 5mw pointer into the sky? I really hope I just misunderstood that. Pretty retarded if you ask me. People could easily just shine a high power laser into the sky during the day/hit all the planes/buildings/whatever they want and NEVER get caught because you can't easily trace the beam back in daylight....... But if you are just having a little fun pointing a laser into the clear dark sky at night you can go to prison?

The politicians N cops must really have a lot of time on their hands if they can go after pointless stuff like this. How about catching some of them terrorists and drug dealers : ;D [smiley=lolk.gif]

Just looked up the laws for here in Texas (http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/radiation/pdffiles/301fn_04.pdf  [part 301]) - Yeesh  
Next thing you know they'll probably outlaw magnifying glasses because you can burn things with them.  Or mirrors because you could distract a driver with the reflection.  (Come to think of it, the they probably already have.)

I mean - Damn! I could get a permit for an AK47 easier than I could for a 150mW laser for non-professional use. What's with that??

I guess we need to start the NLA to lobby congress.

That's simply ridiculous, they should get their facts straightened out.

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That's simply ridiculous, they should get their facts straightened out.

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Politicians and government agencies in the USA no longer care about facts. Operation Iraqi Freedom and the banning of toothpaste on airplanes is proof of that. [smiley=cheesy.gif]