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Originally Posted by monoxide
i don't think theres any real need for them as pointers anyway. plus unless you were planning on doing something silly with them or walking around with one in your pocket i don't think you have anything to worry about.
im not sure what the great attraction of laser pointers is anyway, with the wealth of other finders out there that keep you and your equipment a bit more discreet than a green beam pointing to the sky from your back yard.
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Obviously you don't do any public astronomy education or outreach. In which case you don't have any need for one.
I use mine all the time when doing outreach with kids, community groups, or with visiting overseas astronomers, from the northern hemisphere who are unfamiliar with our skies and constellation boundaries.
Depsite the fact that I DESPISE Morris Iemma and the dipshyts that voted the labor government back in after they successfully screwed everything in NSW in the past decade +, including, the health system, the public transport system, the education system, the police system, the water resources infrasctructure and everything else they have had a play with, I can only blame the fools who improperly use these devices for this legislation.
With the amount of laser pointer misuse in recent years that I have seen, this legislation was inevitable, irrespective of who was in Government.
I will apply for the permit when the forms are available and I think getting a permit for the laser pointer will be a formality, if you can show "just cause".
Cheers,
John B