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Laser Eye Protection questions
Fightin Kentuckian

Posted on 08/06/2020 8:24:50 PM PDT by fightin kentuckian

Once again I'm tapping the collective brain trust of Free Republic to get some answers concerning Laser Eye Protection.

If you're up on current events, and if you're a Freeper, you are. You've seen antifa and blm terrorists blinding people with lasers. I just saw a video of a woman on her front porch surrounded by these terrorists and her face was green. There must have been at least 15 lasers pointed at her eyes. This does worry me and I've been researching laser protective eye protection and can't really seem to find a definitive answer as to what type is effective against these high power green lasers.

Can someone help me out and school me on laser protective eye ware, where to buy it, and which kind is the most effective.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Politics; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: antifa; blm; eyeprotection; laser; terrorist
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To: fightin kentuckian

If you go in for a treatment using lasers (dermatologist, dentist, etc.), you have to wear laser safety glasses. Why won’t those glasses work for the cops?


21 posted on 08/06/2020 8:57:38 PM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Would turning mirrors on them help?????


22 posted on 08/06/2020 9:00:33 PM PDT by Hambone 1934
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To: fightin kentuckian
Doing a duckduckgo search, here’s an informative article about lasers use in protests.
Laser use during protests

23 posted on 08/06/2020 9:03:40 PM PDT by Amendment10
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To: RandallFlagg

Dang, that is good...

Hell yeah.


24 posted on 08/06/2020 9:15:07 PM PDT by waterhill (I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
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Makes you a target, but you can drop and run and fire at the general direction to escape...CYA and GTF


25 posted on 08/06/2020 9:19:45 PM PDT by waterhill (I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
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To: fightin kentuckian

I would say shoot back with bullets at the person trying to blind you.


26 posted on 08/06/2020 9:20:50 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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To: waterhill

Ping for later topic viewing.


27 posted on 08/06/2020 9:23:10 PM PDT by Bshaw (A nefarious deceit is upon us all!)
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To: yesthatjallen

bttt


28 posted on 08/06/2020 9:24:38 PM PDT by timestax
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To: fightin kentuckian

Maybe this might work?

https://lasersafetyindustries.com/laser-safety-glasses-230?sku=100-25-230


29 posted on 08/06/2020 9:26:19 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: fightin kentuckian

I personally think lasers deliberately used offensively should ge classified as a weapon, because it doesn’t matter if its a small pointer or a customized backpack powered burner that can actually hit the moon.
Thing is certain entities such as laser favored websites are intensely owned by...the Chinese, who market billions of lasers being sold globally.
I can buy a hundred cheap ones, different wavelengths, attach then to a cylinder or just a pvc pipe on the end of a cordless drill and cranked up to speed would have a very offensing multi color weapon. Regular laser goggles would not block all.


30 posted on 08/06/2020 9:28:35 PM PDT by Daniel Ramsey (Thank YOU President Trump, finally we can do what America does best, to be the best)
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To: Daniel Ramsey

Yep. Lasers, like guns, are very easy to build.
At this point, I’m hoping for a deterrence effort.
A few punks blown out of their socks while holding a laser after witnesses saw him/her trying to blind an innocent might do the trick.


31 posted on 08/06/2020 9:33:56 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Fact: Gun control laws kill innocents.)
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To: freeandfreezing

Auto dimming welding helmets won’t work. They use solar cells to power an LCD shutter for broad spectrum darkness, mostly for comfort. The glass itself filters out ultraviolet and infrared. A Single green laser won’t power the solar cells.

It might be possible to make a laser detector that would operate the shutter fast enough to prevent (much) damage. Having it work fast enough and clear/dark enough to be wearable and effective, probably very tough.


32 posted on 08/06/2020 9:45:27 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
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To: yesthatjallen
Your fastest protection is to close your eyes and turn your back.

Of course, turning away allows the creeps to approach unseen. My hearing is shot, so seeing is everything defensively.

33 posted on 08/06/2020 9:46:17 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading - T Jefferson)
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To: RandallFlagg

This behavior should have been immediately discouraged by snipers.


34 posted on 08/06/2020 9:46:33 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
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To: thecodont

Aiming a flat mirror is an issue.

A corner reflector made of mirrors would be what is needed for sidestepping the aiming issue. Making one at close to perfect angles would be tricky.


35 posted on 08/06/2020 9:50:55 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading - T Jefferson)
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To: gundog

I agree with the 12 gauge option. Actually, laser safety goggles are specific for the laser wavelength. They are designed to block the specific characteristics of the laser in use. Unfortunately, one size doesn’t fit all. The lasers in use by the dirtbags appear to be 550 nM hand held units. They fall under the Class IV category which means that they can do damage to body tissue. Lasers are safety characterized by what’s called the Safe Eye Exposure Distance (SEED). The Nd YAG family of lasers (which these appear to be) can have a SEED measured in miles.


36 posted on 08/06/2020 9:51:21 PM PDT by wjcsux (Cast your vote like itÂ’s 6 November 1860.)
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To: fightin kentuckian

This was on free republic last week.

Federal Police Buy 1,000 Pairs of Sunglasses to Protect Officers From Protesters’ Lasers
Portland protesters and federal police are now in a battle of dueling leaf blowers.

The U.S. Federal Protective Service is spending $125,000 on sunglasses to protect federal officers’ eyes from lasers shone at them by protesters, according to a procurement request.

The July 10 document cites the use of lasers by Portland protesters as a reason to buy 1,000 pairs of StingerHawk FT-2 Laser Protective Eyewear.

Each pair costs $125. The document says the glasses are needed for officers across the nation, because lasers could cause flash blindness, burns, retinal bleeding and headaches.


37 posted on 08/06/2020 9:57:43 PM PDT by cquiggy
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To: fightin kentuckian

One would think that anyone pointing a laser at someone else’s eyes might cause great bodily harm.


38 posted on 08/06/2020 9:58:15 PM PDT by familyop ( "Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy".)
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To: The Antiyuppie

Absolutely.
Make it very clear that, “Lasering,” the eyes of innocents results in deadly force being implemented.
Not just by law enforcement.


39 posted on 08/06/2020 10:04:51 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Fact: Gun control laws kill innocents.)
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To: fightin kentuckian

one thing I’ve noticed about the Portland rioters using lazers - they are very easy to see (and trackback to the source) in a cloud of smoke

then your buddy can flank them and take them out of tree where they’re perched. (although the PPD hasn’t figured out this part yet)


40 posted on 08/06/2020 10:13:21 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017))
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