Laser pens may be re-classified.

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Socoder -> Off Topic -> Laser pens may be re-classified.
Mon, 13 Sep 2010, 17:10
steve_ancell	I was listening to Radio-1 news earlier, laser pens may be re-classified as "offensive weapons". So what am I supposed to tease my mate's cats with now ? www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/11280230
Mon, 13 Sep 2010, 17:31
CodersRule	I think they should be banned except for where they're needed. No use for them.
Mon, 13 Sep 2010, 17:56
steve_ancell	They do have a use, as I just stated, they are brilliant for teasing cats with. Have you ever seen a cat climb up a curtain before ?
Mon, 13 Sep 2010, 18:04
JL235	Canterbury is very student dominated, so we have lots of experience with laser pens. Great for lectures, but very annoying when your walking along and people shine them at you from across the road. But even then I think this is a bit much. I would be up for allowing police forces to conviscate them, without reason, from kids who are outdoors. But I wouldn't be up for classifying them as an offensive weapon. A brick can be an offensive weapon (and is far more deadly then a laser pen).
Mon, 13 Sep 2010, 23:39
spinal	Only really strong ones will be banned. Regular ones will be fine. It's apparently because people are pointing them at aircraft. -=-=- Check out my excellent homepage!
Tue, 14 Sep 2010, 04:34
waroffice	the problem with the laser pens is that they are unregulated/ CE approved etc imports from china, they dont have IR filters and the glare from them is just as damaging as the laser light itself. they work by shining an IR LED on to a crystal that is basically a freqency doubler, but the IR light is not filtered in most cases and is invisible but still damaging.
Sat, 18 Sep 2010, 11:34
Spare	yep happens here too, idiots pointing them at aircrafts
Sat, 18 Sep 2010, 12:11
CodersRule	People here are always bringing them to school and shining them in peoples' eyes. They bring the powerful ones too. It gets frustrating to avoid them.