Fair do's, mods. I assume that as a result of fair play, and in the fulness of time, you will also mod this post:
I've been 'lasered' a few times too.
I understand the stupidity of the twits who point these things for 'fun'. Utterly stupid.
OTOH, It's never (luckily?) caused me any actual difficulty. The odd minor green flash of no consequence....
The cops in Nice may have other things to attend to which they think are more of a risk.
I think the whole 'He pointed a l@ser at my plane!- we could all have DIED' thing might be a teensy bit overdone.