Usually I keep all my high powered flashlights and lasers in a case with a latch for A. safe keeping, and B. to prevent accidental discharges.
Well in the last few weeks I've had a few lasers laying around the house outside their holy box and I've had 3 friends/people I know that have been over at my house at various times pick one up and turn it on out of random curiosity.
Now normally all my good friends / gf / relatives that I see often know about my lasers and flashlights and know they aren't toys and they will blind you if you look at them and such. So I don't normally think anything of it.
I have loaded guns laying around the house when these people are around and trust them enough to not put them away but yet some how the lasers get played with and by measure of danger are a much higher hazard in this case as people seem to universally have a knowledge and fear of guns but not lasers.
No one was harmed that I know of, though reflections from 1mw+ lasers off the ground and near by walls can't be doing their eyes any favors.
Anyone else have any close calls or stories like this?
Well in the last few weeks I've had a few lasers laying around the house outside their holy box and I've had 3 friends/people I know that have been over at my house at various times pick one up and turn it on out of random curiosity.
Now normally all my good friends / gf / relatives that I see often know about my lasers and flashlights and know they aren't toys and they will blind you if you look at them and such. So I don't normally think anything of it.
I have loaded guns laying around the house when these people are around and trust them enough to not put them away but yet some how the lasers get played with and by measure of danger are a much higher hazard in this case as people seem to universally have a knowledge and fear of guns but not lasers.
No one was harmed that I know of, though reflections from 1mw+ lasers off the ground and near by walls can't be doing their eyes any favors.
Anyone else have any close calls or stories like this?
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