Own a Geiger counter, go to jail?

What on earth are they trying to prevent us from learning? When the next dirty bomb goes off? Not knowing whether the air you breathe has asbestos?:

Ken sez, "The Village Voice has a great overview of a uber-nanny NYPD's deputy commissioner (of counterterrorism, natch) attempt to fast-track a piece of legislation that would make mere possession of many sensors, from Geiger counters to asbestos detectors, illegal without a police permit. Send you to jail, illegal, too. Luckily, dozens of university researchers, public-health professionals, and environmental lawyers were somehow alerted and showed up at the city council session, blocking the quick enactment with old-fashioned argument and analysis. The commissioner is still dead set on taking away your ability to test for pollutants without a license (it's For the Children?!), but they pledge to 'accommodate all the concerns' as they draw up the new bill."

We should trust this government (or any government) to tell us the truth about the water we drink, the air we breathe, the beef we eat, the radioactive particles we are irradiated with?

Don't answer that...