Guardians normally attack both Squids and Players/humans with the laser aiming shot, but strangely enough, in 14w28b they only perform the laser shooting at Squids, but NOT at players. If I slay a sword at them, they suddenly do damage to me, but not with a laser, more like with a combat/melee attack.
Environment
System.getProperty('os.name') == 'Windows 7'
System.getProperty('os.version') == '6.1'
System.getProperty('os.arch') == 'x86'
System.getProperty('java.version') == '1.7.0_55'
System.getProperty('java.vendor') == 'Oracle Corporation'
System.getProperty('sun.arch.data.model') == '32'
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Confirmed for Pre-release 3. I can't figure out what causes it - is it world dependent? Is it just a random chance? I don't know.
Guardians do Thorns damage because of their spikes. If you attack them with a sword while their spikes are extended, you take damage.