laser finders

[Peter Ward]

My apologies as this is a commercial post....with the discussion earlier about lasers (and their un-availability in Victoria) I may be persuaded to import some
provided enough people are interested. The link is here

http://www.atscope.com.au/laserfinder.html

[madtuna]

:whistle:if I accidentally pointed it at a street light say 50 metres away, would I accidentally damage the street light causing it to no longer function?

[Matty P]

An accident? I don’t think so…. :lol:

[goober]

Good luck! I've accidentally tried that several times, accidentally like, and haven't managed to accidentally turn them off.

[Night Owl]

Greater than 1MW in Victoria is a PROHIBITED WEAPON.
Yep, if you get caught in possesion of or using a laser of greater than 1MW in VICTORIA you are going to be in deep trouble. Like a maximum $6000 and or 12 months in a prison.

But you can get them, if you apply for a permit, and have no history of doing illegal stuff.

Here is the info regarding what is a prohibited weapon...

http://www.police.vic.gov.au/content...Media_ID=11456 (http://www.police.vic.gov.au/content.asp?a=internetBridgingPage&Media_ID=11456)

And here is the application form to own and use one...

http://www.police.vic.gov.au/content...Media_ID=10525 (http://www.police.vic.gov.au/content.asp?a=internetBridgingPage&Media_ID=10525)

Good luck!
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[OneOfOne]

Other people on IIS have bought lasers from Ebay and they have been intercepted by customs. If you imported a number of them, even if you had a license to use one, I don't think customs would allow you to actually "get" them. I would just get a permit and buy one for yourself from someone in Australia. They are not a big price tag item so the savings would be minimal and you would have to show some appropriate documentation to customs etc.

BTW, I have a permit.

[Peter Ward]

There are many vendors in States other than Victoria that import laser pointers.

We have imported many 30mW units in past. In short, customs don't have a problem if the port of landing is outside Victoria.