I do love the beautiful irony of a yank spouting nonsense about how people should have freedom to own whatever they wish to have, being in a country that attempts to deny foreign powers from owning nuclear weapons.
Nobody needs anything over a 1-5mW l@ser, unless for a professional reason.
If it is your hobby that is impacted for the sake of saving 200 innocent pax then tough luck, find a new, safer hobby.