[Azathoth]

Originally Posted by Deltastronk

And you don't wear adequate eye protection to prevent the real risk of well documented eye injuries from BB strikes yet complain about a risk for an injury that has never occurred before in history, ever.

I recall a laser based 'blinding'. An American Navy airman and a Canadian helicopter pilot were 'given' permanent eye damage from a ~5mw laser from a Russian merchant ship sometime in the 90's. Something about SIGINT spying from the Russians on the West Coast. I can't recall the name of the incident. I do remember researching laser based eye injuries when EAR reviewed it's stance on lasers back in 09.


EDIT:
Found it, Can't find information on the laser now though, I do remember seeing the information regarding laser based blinding weapons.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait...laser_incident


TL DR
Never is not the correct word to use.

In a perfect world everyone would have made in a trustworthy source (medical/military/scientific) grade lasers and the risks would be small. However, that is not quite yet a reality of manufacturing.