Re: Green Lasers - Be Careful Terrorism Concerns!

From: Orion (mark.bender_at_syntegra.com)
Date: 12/30/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 14:39:59 GMT

Typical liberal thinking. A handful of miscreants cause the problem, so all
of us collectively should lose the right to own a green laser, except of
course, anyone in the government, since they are honest and know best...
Orion

"Ted Nichols II" <tanicholsii@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:1104391971.938400.226270@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> All,
>
> I've been "quiet" on this subject for a while and haven't wanted to
> bring it up.
>
> But I want to issue a word of caution to all those with green laser
> pointers as I just saw another article about this on the front page of
> CNN.
>
> View the below links and you'll see how big of an issue this is
> becoming.
>
> I know people are using these to point out constellations, etc., but
> I'd be very careful that you're not pointing anywhere near an aircraft.
> Remember these things do have a range and it might be hard at night to
> gauge the altitude of a plane. You might think you're shooting under
> one when infact you're shooting right into it.
>
> I don't think we want to see anyone doing public outreach getting
> arrested and with all the recent press it's only a matter of time till
> people start calling the police from a park or wherever after seeing
> someone from a distance pointing one up in the sky for Astro Uses.
>
> Be Careful! I think it's only a matter of time till a crackdown on
> lasers happens.
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/12/29/laser.plane/index.html - Lasers
> illuminate airline cockpits on approach
> http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/12/09/terrorist.laser.ap/index.html - US
> warns of terrorist lasers
>
> And for those who have never read FAA rules regarding laser uses, go to
> the FAA website and search for lasers. I'm pretty sure the last time I
> did I found a document that stated any laser over 5mw required a permit
> for use. Do some research before buying some of these high powered
> units as you may be breaking the law!
>
> I'm glad I don't own a green laser :)
> Regards,
> Ted A. Nichols II
> President - ASH
> www.astrohbg.org
>

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