This is serious stuff, we're talking about potentially blinding someone for life if the power output is high enough. The law should go after these jerks with gusto and prosecute the heck out of them
Any offensive action with the potential to permanently maim can and should be met with a lethal response. I realize the optics of a lethal response would be terrible, but what these laser wielding thugs are doing is no different than taking pop shots at someone’s face with a 22. Pepper balls are not a measured response for these assholes. If we’re too PC to start dropping those insurrectionists with 5.56, why not get some snipers and tranquilizer guns? You wield a laser, you take a long nap and wake up in a cell.