Obviously these idiots are severly lacking in intelligence.
They probably have not given any thought to the fact one day they will need to fly on the very aircraft that they were shining lasers at - and someone might be doing the exact same thing to an aircraft they are on.
The world generally goes full circle - it is up to us to NOT let this happen and break the cycle - and require that authorities have appropriate penalties to prevent even the thought of an occurance. Current penalties are simply a joke to laugh at.
I wonder what would be done if this was Singapore?? You get arrested for even flying a kite surfer!! Maybe we need to bring some of the Singaporean law makers into this part of the world?