Pilots' union calls for laser pointers to be classed as offensive weapons | World news | The Guardian
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I'm assuming there's a proper commercial use for such strong laser pointers?

[LIFTED] it, fit all air liners with hellfires. Kick one off, it'll follow the beam right down.

From what I gather, these laser pointers aren't available specifically in the UK (ie I can't go to Tescos and buy it) but are imported through the likes of ebay.

If the high powered ones aren't for sale here, I'd have thought making them illegal to own would be fairly straight forward. As long as they don't try to ban the low powered laser pointers.