The United Kingdom also has its own safety limits. "If it had been within the UK regulations, it wouldn't have done the damage," Jonny's mother, Angela Marshall, said. "But, unfortunately, it had been imported and therefore it was a class 3B laser, which is between 5 and 500 milliwatts." Class 3B lasers with that range can cause damage to the eye within a fraction of a second, from up to 100 meters (about 328 feet) away.