Night vision hand scopes, binoculars and goggles are all legal to use. The use of night vision weapons sights may be restricted in some jurisdictions, so it's best to check with your local authorities on this issue.

The export of some US-made night vision equipment from the United States requires an export license. For further details, please click here.

On the question of safety, the answer is that night vision is absolutely safe to use. Though it makes for a great, low-budget movie effect, you will not go blind if you accidentally point your night vision unit at a bright light.

In real life, all our night vision devices are built with automatic brightness control circuitry (ABC) that will dim the unit, or shut it off completely if you point it at a bright light.

And no, night vision is not radioactive, nor will looking directly into the infrared light source burn your eyes out. Our IR light sources use low power infra red diodes, identical to the one that's probably used on your TV remote control.

The only real safety issue might be if you decided to clunk someone over the head with your night vision unit. But don't do that. You'll void your warranty;)