Kids Playing With Laser Pointers May Be Aiming for Eye Trouble

Sadly, this is too common, and this is just the latest incident.

He told doctors that he purchased the laser pointer so that he could pop balloons from a distance, burn holes in paper cards and burn holes in his sister’s sneakers.

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Schmid said the boy wasn’t sure if the laser was dangerous, and he definitely didn’t know it could cause immediate eye injury.

I have a hard time connecting these two statements. Knows it would burn holes in things, but didn’t know it was dangerous.