Schumer to call for ban of green laser pointers

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to use its authority to ban the public sale of high-powered, long-range green laser pointers. His push comes on the heels of multiple incidents in which green lasers were pointed at aircrafts and temporarily blinded and disoriented pilots mid-flight. Two weeks ago, the pilot of a FedEx plane flying 23,000 feet over Jamestown reported a green beam of light coming from a laser on the ground lighting up the aircraft. Schumer…