On Aug 9, 1:28 pm, David R Brooks wrote:
Bill Marrs wrote:
A million bucks to develop????

Let's see---a 3 cell Sure-Fire with the optional 200 lumen head is around
$100 for the
polymer version, maybe $200 for the metal version with all the options.
Available
right now, and it WILL get a persons attention at close range, even in
daylight.

There was a link on slashdot yesterday, someone took the laser from a
scrap DVD burner & fitted it in a Mag-Lite. The result could ignite
matches & pop balloons. Oh, and ruin your sight

I have been watching those mods...and waiting for someone to end up
losing their eyesight...and then for charges to be filed.

Wanna bet DVD players will be "hardened" to save all of us from the
idiots?

I am also waiting for the bad guys to figure out that one can blind a
victum and then rob and rape them...without a firearm.

A laser would also work well in doing a home invasion....you can't
shoot worth a damn when you can't see.

TMT