Terrorism From the Comfort of Your Own Yard

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA has a long history of involvement with firearms. On the one hand, it could easily be argued that the second amendment is vague and impossible to know the founders intent, so we sould either rewrite it with our intent imprented upon it, or simply throw it out. When the sedond amandment was written, a muzle loading musket was the most advanced small firearm; now, we have automatic weapons that can spew hundred sof rounds per sedond and carried in a brief case. On the ohter hand, it doesn't matter how many thsouands of innocent people get gunned down by aecond amendment fanatics using futuristic death rifles; a fierce and hyge gun lobby, consisting of millions of well meaning Americans, insist that the second amendment if sacred, clear, and inviolable. What the founder meant when they wrote the second amendment is that anyone can have any weapon one wishes to have, period. One day in the Dollar General store I bought a three dollar toy for my cats. It consisted of a miniature laser flashlight which casts a bright red dot on the floor, or for that matter on your neighbor's house all the way down the street. Clearly printed in the safety instructions is a warning not to shine this light in anyone's eyes, and that it is a federal crime to aim it at passing overhead aircraft. So I bought one, my cats do indeed enjoy it, and every night I stand in my front yard, waiting for an aircraft to pass overhead, so I can aim my laser at it, in direct defiance of federal law. So far I haven't brought anything down. I wonder what my chances are? How would it work? Would it blind the pilot, or ignite the fuel tank? Does anyone happen to know why these things are legal? In all honestly, it seems almost impossible to harm an aircraft by pointing this little light at it. So why is the warning there? The preceding narrative is ficticous, and any resemblance to reality is purely coincidental, and unintended.