Pittsburgh announces cheat day for airspace laser-pointer laws
One thing we all liked to do as kids is mess around with laser-pointers. Watching cats chase around the dots, blinding our siblings, but most fun of all, aiming at airplanes! Unfortunately for our joyful childhood spirits, the very 1984 United States of America government passed a law in 2012 that “ Whoever knowingly aims the beam of a laser pointer at an aircraft shall be imprisoned for 5 years, or both“.
As we all sat for years, marinating in our pent up desires to blind a pilot, unhealthy habits emerged - heroin, crack cocaine, etc. Psychologists from Carnegie Mellon University (Actually a single psychologist from CMU, who avid Readme readers will know) managed to convince the city of Pittsburgh to allow a “cheat day”, where any legal repercussions against such noble acts are entirely voided.
This is not just a quick summary of the news, but very important information we want to spread to our dear readers. On October 3rd, 2024, feel free to shine your laser pointers at overhead planes, medical helicopters, and so on and so forth. As an added bonus, Readme will use our funding to award the student who successfully downs the most planes a 76.2 mm anti-aircraft gun Model 1935 (34-K).