Opti-Mist
Platinum Member
A word of caution about lasers on an EDC.
This attorney has defended many people who have drawn their firearm in self-defense and lit up their assailant with a laser. Each considered it a lawful use of less-than-lethal self defense but each were ultimately charged criminally for Assault with a Deadly Weapon and Felony Firearm.
In each of those instances the prosecutors have characterized the lasers as being a tool to threaten and intimidate people. They always emphasize how the defendant is shining that red light on their head/chest/etc. and how frightened the victims are. There is a case pending right now that SHOULD be charged as Brandishing at the MOST but my client's Crimson Trace laser activated through palm pressure when he drew his gun (under a legitimate belief he was about to be the victim of a drive-by shooting) and the "victim" was "traumatized" by the laser beam coming close to them, not even painting the target.
This attorney has defended many people who have drawn their firearm in self-defense and lit up their assailant with a laser. Each considered it a lawful use of less-than-lethal self defense but each were ultimately charged criminally for Assault with a Deadly Weapon and Felony Firearm.
In each of those instances the prosecutors have characterized the lasers as being a tool to threaten and intimidate people. They always emphasize how the defendant is shining that red light on their head/chest/etc. and how frightened the victims are. There is a case pending right now that SHOULD be charged as Brandishing at the MOST but my client's Crimson Trace laser activated through palm pressure when he drew his gun (under a legitimate belief he was about to be the victim of a drive-by shooting) and the "victim" was "traumatized" by the laser beam coming close to them, not even painting the target.
