Are they charging him with criminal possession of a weapon for having a laser pointer?
One of those pointers can indeed blind; especially important to aviators is sight.
But that does not make a pointer a weapon. That assertion is more asinine liberal dogma. Certainly the youth committed a crime and should be charged. But there was no weapon.
Only after he USED it as a weapon.
If you use a baseball bat as a weapon you can be charged with being in possession of a weapon for having it in your possession.
If you are hitting some baseballs to your kids in your yard, and not threatening anyone, then it's not a weapon.
The situation often defines if something is a weapon just like you can be charged with possessing thieves tools if you have items in your possession if you break into some place with them even though those items are illegal to own in and of themselves.
Yes, for good reason. Most people with common sense knows you don't point these things at the eyes of humans.
This includes wrestlers in a ring, drivers and pilots.
A 'bright green' laser is not a toy bought at a convenient store.