[Retired15T]

It's also illegal to shoot a laser pointer at an aircraft. Especially Military aircraft. When you're out flying around at night with your NVG's on, it's a real bummer to hear both of your pilots say they can't see because someone on the ground is shooting a red laser pointer at you.

Red colored lights are like HUGE spotlights under night vision devices. Even a small pen type red laser can illuminate something 500 yards away under NVG's/NVD's. I've been able to pick out bad guys from a mile away because there were three of them in a circle smoking cigarettes.

So be careful what you do with those things. Not to mention you can burn the retina of someones eyes if you're too close to them and shoot it at their face. Depending on the strength of the laser of course. But even pen-type lasers can burn your retina's at shorter distances. Once you show the kids how fun it is to make the dog or cat going chasing the spot across the floor, they want to play with them. And they end up doing permanent eye damage to themselves or their siblings.