Switzerland Laser Pointer Ban

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Switzerland will introduce a new legislation for a ban laser pointers. The import should be banned. The penalty is a fine over 40'000 Swiss francs.


The law is named: Federal Law on protection against hazards
to non-ionizing radiation and sound.

http://www.bag.admin.ch/themen/strahlung/02883/13184/index.html?lang=de



The last occasion to overturn the ban on laser pointer in Switzerland, is the direct contact to a member of parliament at the federal level. The responsible political expert group at federal level has the name "SOCIAL SECURITY AND HEALTH COMMITTEES SSHC".

Unfortunately, Switzerland does not have a large laser industry and lacks a lobby which campaigns against a ban.
I hope this call here in the forum will launch a counter-campaign and prevent the prohibition law. We need the support from abroad otherwise no laser pointer will be sold in Switzerland in the future.

This planned law covers much more as laser pointer, it's about every kind of product which produce either ionizing radiation or sound. Namely, laser, solarium, ultrasonic gadgets, RFiD transponder, and much more.
The laserpointer sale for laser above 1 milliwatt is prohibited in retail store since a long time in Switzerland. Only private import is allowed for laser class 3a or above.
The laserpointer ban even for private import is supported by important pressure groups like, police officer organization, airport operator, labour unions, doctor organization. This non political organization groups have called swiss parliament members, to vote against laserpointer and to sign in a laserpointer law. Unfortunately our right and liberal politicians support also this law, because they got E-Mailed from anit Laser fraction which told them invented tales about laserpointer attacks.
And yes of corse the laserpointer ban is supported with tax money they used for anti advertising in newspapers. The only non political organization opposing this law are business associations.

Swiss people have never been known to be against laser pointer. To change the swiss people opinion about laser it needed an extremely effective coordinated and concerted campaign of anti laser propaganda. It works on people who don't know laser technology. They were deceived to believe that laser pointer is responsible for accidents , but in fact it is a trade barrier to establish and gain tax money and sell overpriced import laser pointer for special purposes. It is against free market and free trade and moreover it bans compact laser for guns also.
it is the worst fear-mongering anti laser campaign ever seen in Switzerland!

Once the law put into force the siwss parliament members hand over the whole power above what is right or wrong concernig laser and ultra sonic devices to adminstration or customs. To say it in other words to those persons which have the fewest background to understand the laser technology entirely.



Here an example from the ugly anti laser campaign which goes along with voluntary firearm collection campaign.
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Link to Swiss Feder Parliament Chamber concerning Laserpointer Bill
https://www.parlament.ch/en/ratsbet...es-bulletin-die-verhandlungen?SubjectId=37584

Of corse Swiss parliament & executive like to be lighted their Federal Building with laser

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