I regularly use my ~20mw laser when teaching astronomy to my kids. It's really useful and travels so far in to the sky that it feels like you're 'touching' the

I regularly use my ~20mw laser when teaching astronomy to my kids. It's really useful and travels so far in to the sky that it feels like you're 'touching' the stars. There's no reason for a normal person to have a 300mw laser but banning it would be stupid. I'm sure there are civilian uses that don't involve downing aircraft or blinding people.