Shouldn't be too long before congress turns their attention to green lasers. You've got to figure that any time a commercial pilot sees a green flash on a cloud bottom (not anywhere near) he's going to report it. And of course, not only astronomers can buy these things. Take a look at this butthead who tried to blame his own daughter. And of course, America loves nothing so much as a national panic, so I think we're going to be hearing a lot of public demand to be protected from terrorists and star parties. http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/01/04/ man_charged_under_patriot_act_for_laser/