https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=73.192.144.66explain xkcd - User contributions [en]2026-04-17T13:52:56ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:3108:_Laser_Danger&diff=380581Talk:3108: Laser Danger2025-06-28T13:43:59Z<p>73.192.144.66: </p>
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I wonder how long this was in the chamber. He must’ve been waiting for the first week of the year we didn’t have an air disaster. [[Special:Contributions/172.118.150.213|172.118.150.213]] 05:08, 28 June 2025 (UTC)<br />
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The statute is 18 U.S. Code § 39A - Aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft {{unsigned ip|206.174.20.11|05:21, 28 June 2025}}<br />
:It was originally written almost as if it was a US only thing, for some weird reason. [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/9/body It isn't]. And I'm sure that, even if not explicitly existing as a "don't shine lasers at aircraft" law in any given jurisdiction, you could be prosecuted for the local version of generic "reckless endangerment", "assault" or some variation of manslaughter/murder (should the worse happen). At the very least, the "[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8212341-cuddy-had-only-been-a-guard-for-a-few-days Being Bloody Stupid Act of 1581]", or local equivalent, complete with 'disproportionate' retaliation by the authorities in places that are perhaps a bit short of modern legal processes but very big on 'law'-enforcement in more general (possibly militia/lynch-mob led) terms. [[Special:Contributions/82.132.247.41|82.132.247.41]] 09:25, 28 June 2025 (UTC)<br />
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Poor cats, jumping into chemtrail-spray can't be good for them 😉 [[Special:Contributions/89.1.185.158|89.1.185.158]] 06:03, 28 June 2025 (UTC)<br />
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