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Re:FAA Releases Data Showing Trends in Dangerous Laser Strikes by Causality1 on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @10:58PM (#28388220)
Problem being the degree of penalty is irrelevant because most of the perpetrators either have no idea it's illegal or don't know it's possible to be caught.
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Re:FAA Releases Data Showing Trends in Dangerous Laser Strikes by _Nat_ on Thursday September 02, 2021 @02:20AM (#28389203)
> [...] most of the perpetrators either have no idea it's illegal [...]

How could someone possibly not be aware that trying to blind a pilot would be illegal?

I mean, trying to blind anyone is illegal. But a pilot that's actively flying a plane?

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Re:FAA Releases Data Showing Trends in Dangerous Laser Strikes by sk5t on Thursday September 02, 2021 @03:11AM (#28389447)
Your awareness of the actual risk of doing something illegal is not a factor. Do any harm at all to a person having a medical condition--known or unknown to you or them--leading to their death and that's a homicide rap.
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