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From: jeffl@servprod.inel.gov (Jeff Later)
Newsgroups: rec.guns
Subject: Re: laser sights
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Date: 5 Jun 91 19:02:31 GMT
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In article <35228@mimsy.umd.edu> boardman%cancer.unm.edu@ariel.unm.edu writes:
#
#	I feel that I should point out something regarding the subject of
#  Laser sights on home-defense guns which I don't believe has been mentioned
#  before in this thread.  When I was talking to an employee at a local police/
#  military/gun store, he strongly recommended against laser sights for the
#  following reason: if you're in your home at night and it's dark, and you hear
#  a noise and take your laser-sighted gun to investigate, and you detect an
#  intruder and turn on your laser, what do you see???  Answer: a 1/2" red
#  dot of light on something!  How can you possibly identify a target as friend
#  or foe under these circumstances?  A good lawyer could have a field day in
#  court if you were to actually shoot someone with no better identification
#  than this!  Additionally, the red laser makes a fine target for the intruder
#  to shoot at if he is also armed.  I was told our local SWAT personnel do not
#  use lasers at all.  Their entry weapons are all mounted with extremely high-
#  intensity flashlights equipped with pressure switches like a laser.  This
#  allows them to not only identify their targets properly, but also blinds
#  the target momentarily (he shined one of these flashlights in my face in
#  the store in normal daylight, and even with light-adjusted vision, it did
#  blind me momentarily - they _ARE_ bright!!!).  These arguments seem to make
#  a lot of sense, and should be considered by anyone thinking about a Laser
#  sight.

OK, I'm convinced!! - now, where do I get one of these "portable Nite-Sun type"
lights w/ pressure switch???  

With Much Thanks!         Jeff Later   jeffl@pmafire.inel.gov 

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