The personnel halting and stimulation response rifle (PHASR) is a prototype non-lethal laser dazzler developed by the US Department of Defense.
Its purpose is to temporarily disorient and blind a target.
Blinding laser weapons have been tested in the past, but were banned under the 1995 UN Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons, which the United States acceded to on 21 January 2009. The PHASR rifle, a low-intensity laser, is not prohibited under this regulation, as the blinding effect is intended to be temporary. It also uses a two-wavelength laser
Why use a laser when they can just shoot bean bags at peoples faces and explode their eyeballs that way.
Its a lot cheaper, you can use any old shotgun
Hell if you can just convince a group of right-wingers that the protesters are communist crisis actors or whatever you don’t even need to bust out the riot gear, they’ll sort it out for you!