My father once had a cool gold-plated laser pointer that he used for presentations at his workplace and every time he brought it home he would always find it missing. Guess who used to take it?
Me!!!
There was just something about that laser pointer that kept me hooked. I’d shine it at my neighbors’ houses in the night and at people passing in the street. I had quite a lot of fun with that gold plated laser pointer.
I was never harmed by the laser pointer nor did I harm anyone. It seemed like such a harmless device but according to what happened to eight-year-old Jonathan Marshall, the seemingly harmless device has a dark side.
While playing with a laser pen Jonny suffered a thermal burn and irreversible damage to his eyes.
Jonny first saw the laser pen at a fair in his sister’s school. It was at one of the vendor booths and after begging his parents all day, they finally gave in and bought him the toy.
Jonny was playing with his new toy at home when he shone it into his eye out of curiosity, leaving him with a thermal burn and permanent damage to his retina within a quarter of a second.
Jonny was playing with his new toy at home when he shone it into his eye out of curiosity, leaving him with a thermal burn and permanent damage to his retina within a quarter of a second.