https://hackaday.io/project/192386-mini-flashlight

The self supporting flashlight has worked well enough since its inception 2 years ago that lions have pondered a self supported laser.  Not sure what purpose it would serve.  Younger lion used lasers for sensing robot position & drawing in long exposures.  They can light up diffuse pieces of plastic.  Sometimes, you just need a laser to point at something.  Maybe it could blind spiders.  40 years ago, a younger lion wanted to see if objects in a room were moving on their own.  A self supported laser could mark a starting location.