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Not OP but simply put, these lasers are fairly trivial to assemble anyways. And the vast, vast majority of users don't go lasering aircraft. Given how incredibl
by alfalfasprout 5y ago
Not OP but simply put, these lasers are fairly trivial to assemble anyways. And the vast, vast majority of users don't go lasering aircraft. Given how incredibly tedious most governmental processes are in the US, licensing could take an extremely long amount of time. Not to mention there's a privacy issue there-- why does the government need to know about my scientific curiosities?
- xxpor 5y agoWith lasers that powerful, it's not just about aircraft. If you pointed it at people intentionally you could blind them, which makes it a weapon. There's tons of stuff that has legitimate scientific uses that needs to be licenced for lots of reasons. For example, you need a licence to have iodine with concentrations above 2.2%.
- FredPret 5y ago> trivial to assemble So is a house fire. Doesn’t make it OK to go around endangering the rest of the public