Assault II, Class B felony -- Measure 11 Unlawful Use of a Weapon, Class C felony; Unlawful directing of light from a laser pointer, Class A misdemeanor.

Readers respond to the debate over laser point regulations due to occasional misuse.

PHOENIX — Laser pointer law breakers can be hard to catch and that might lead to an increase of incidents with aircrafts. Under Arizona law, it is a Class 1 misdemeanor to aim a laser pointer at ...

He attached a class 1mW laser pointer to a telescope and pointed it at a building roughly 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) away to see if the light could be seen by the naked eye. Check it out! It can!

A Virginia man was arrested last week after shining a laser pointer at a police helicopter actively searching for a person running from authorities. Fairfax County police said its helicopter ...

A man was charged after he allegedly shined a high-powered laser pointer at airplanes, with police finding meth on his person during the arrest.

Laser pointers may seem harmless, but their misuse near airplanes has raised serious safety concerns among pilots, regulators ...

Low-cost apparatus designed by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers to quickly and accurately measure the properties of handheld laser devices has shown that nearly 90 ...

Using a low-cost apparatus designed to quickly and accurately measure the properties of handheld laser devices, researchers tested 122 laser pointers and found that nearly 90 percent of green ...

A man in northern Virginia was arrested last week after shining a laser pointer at a Fairfax County police helicopter while it helped Virginia State Police pursue a suspect on the run.