[RightWhale]

A Geiger counter is so simple anybody with a soldering iron can make one.

[ml/nj]

A Geiger counter is so simple anybody with a soldering iron can make one.

That's easy. Just ban soldering irons.

ML/NJ

[Bob Mc]

Edmund’s Scientific catalog used to have a Heathkit that you could assemble yourself.

[Don Joe]

A Geiger counter is so simple anybody with a soldering iron can make one.

Or, tinfoil, string, and a mason jar. Google "kearney detector" -- of course, THAT will be "criminal" too under this abomination -- even though the government originally advocated people learning how to build them!

(Granted, it's not a GC -- it's an electrometer/dosimeter -- but, the main thing is that it's an illegal device, and will put you in prison.)