Man Who Pointed Laser At Aircraft Gets 30-Month Sentence

coondoggie writes "In a move federal prosecutors hope sends a strong message to the knuckleheads who point lasers at aircraft for fun, a California man was sentenced to 30 months in prison for shining one at two aircraft. According to the FBI Adam Gardenhire, 19, was arrested on March 29, 2012 and named in a two-count indictment filed in United States District Court in Los Angeles that said he pointed the beam of a laser at a private plane and a police helicopter that responded to the report."

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[Anonymous Coward]

Of course a very remote secondary consideration is not blinding the pilot and causing a planeload of passengers to crash. A very remote consideration compared to getting my geek on.

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[iggymanz]

wireless mice can become lodged in your throat if you try to swallow them! they can cause rectal tears if inserted into the anus! oh my god, we must ban those dangerous things!

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[Chrisq]

Intelligence and Wisdom are two different things.

Don't forget Charisma, Dexterity, Constitution, and Strength

Why?

[Lumpy]

Why not public stockades for 10 days and allow the public to throw old food at him, totrure him, humiliate him, and even give him some corporal punishment?

Why the hell dont we do this anymore to people so they actually learn?

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[slashmydots]

Maybe magnets shouldn't be so delicious then

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[An ominous Cow art]

Eating magnets? What's the attraction in that?

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[nitehawk214]

Eating magnets? What's the attraction in that?

Ironic, don't you think?

Re:Punishment fetish wins again

[Sarten-X]

Well done, sir. You've successfully dodged all that nasty sarcasm. INT is your dump stat, isn't it?

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[tompaulco]

If this happens to you, then aim your plane toward where you first saw the light. You won't save your own life, but with luck, you can save future lives.