Ouch, my eyes...
My assumption about why LaWS cannot be used directly against humans is that it would fall under Protocol IV of the 1980 Geneva Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, which prohibits laser weapons being used for the specific purpose of blinding people. However, you are allowed to target people as long as you take precautions to prevent them being blinded, so does that mean you have to aim at their feet? Assuming they aren't wearing shiny shoes, that is. Oh, and bizarrely it allows the targeting of periscopes, telescopes and other optical equipment - that's sure to blind the user, isn't it?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
