6mo in prison for dicking around with a laser pointer is right up there with sending the swat team to break up a bunch of teenagers partying. People routinely

6mo in prison for dicking around with a laser pointer is right up there with sending the swat team to break up a bunch of teenagers partying. People routinely don't even get 6mo for crimes with a victim (on their first offense). For nuisance behavior like this a bunch of community service would teaches the lesson just as well and not waste as many tax dollars. Edit: FFS people, seriously? It's the aerial equivalent of some hooligan doing donuts in the middle of an intersection. Yes, you can always come up with some appeal to emotion crap but the fact of the matter is that while the behavior was reckless and negligent nobody was harmed and there was no victim, the only transgression was a temporary risk of harm. There's a very big difference between being a reckless nuisance and actually harming anyone or actually causing harm. Results matter. This is enshrined in statute all over the world (and in case law for common law jurisdictions). I hope all you people are smart enough to get out of jury duty.