[timestax]

Lazer pointers will do NO harm. I've seen people use them to make their cats or dogs go around in circles and I'm sure it was shined into the pets eyes, and guess what. Nothing. They are completely harmless. The ones sold in stores and office supply shops.

[Mark was here]

Lazer pointers will do NO harm. I've seen people use them to make their cats or dogs go around in circles and I'm sure it was shined into the pets eyes, and guess what. Nothing. They are completely harmless. The ones sold in stores and office supply shops.

There are laser pointers and there are laser pointers. This guy was not fooling around with something from Office Max. They can be dangerous.

[finnman69]

not the class IIIb classifed by the FDA

this is a classIIIb green laser
http://www.megalaser.com/120mw.htm

(9) Class IIIb laser product means any laser product that permits human access during operation to levels of laser radiation in excess of the accessible emission limits of table III-A, but does not permit human access during operation to levels of laser radiation in excess of the accessible emission limits contained in table III-B of paragraph (d) of this section. 5

5Class IIIb levels of laser radiation are considered to be an acute hazard to the skin and eyes from direct radiation.

[Kieri]

Our old laser pointer is the cat's favorite toy. Our Tonkinese, Perri, will ignore just about everything (except those little furry mice), but a dot of light on the wall or floor will send her scrambling. It's great exercise for her! We're sure its safe, but the kids know better than to shine it at her eyes, just in case.

[taxcontrol]

These are NOT your run of the mill 5mW red beam lasers.

[Cobra64]

Lazer pointers will do NO harm.

Well then, try it and get back to us. Hope you're a touch typist.

[Dead Corpse]

Some of the green ones have sufficient wattage to do real damage to a persons retinas.

Click here for some really cool stuff...

[untrained skeptic]

I know a guy who has a green laser pointer the size of a large pen that can be seen for miles. I have little doubt that you could temporarily blind the driver of a vehicle with it.

They can be very bright. When he got his they were also very expensive. It's been few years but I believe he paid somewhere in the $200 - $300 range for it.

They may very well be cheap now.

[3niner]

...and I'm sure it was shined into the pets eyes, and guess what. Nothing.

Try shining it into your own eyes, just to be sure.

[festus]

The green laser is more powerful than the ones you speak of.

Its a specialty product primarily used at night by folks with an astronomical bent as it actually sends a beam of light upwards into the sky that looks as if you are pointing at a star on the heavens.

It can damage vision and it certainly affects night vision and should not be pointed at anyones eyes.

Thanks to numbnuts like this guy its use is already covered under some portion of the patriot act, or at least thats the warning I received with mine.