Comment by ben_w

> Yes, this presents additional risk from non-state actors, but there's no fundamentally new risk here.

That doesn't seem right. Surely, making it easier for non-state actors to do things that state actors only fail to do because they agreed to treaties banning it, can only increase the risk that non-state actors may do those things?

Laser blinding weapons are banned by treaty, widespread access to lasers lead to scenes like this a decade ago during the Arab Spring: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-23182254