>It’s not like his activities had zero impact in his community.

They didn't. The ridiculous and uninformed government reaction caused this. Nothing he did was even remotely dangerous.

>You don’t mess around with radioactive materials; even small amounts can be extremely hazardous to life and the environment.

These materials were not dangerous, it was literally a capsule from a smoke detector. As in, an average person would've had it in their house.

>There’s a reason they’re not easy to obtain.

Right, so difficult to obtain that he was able to simply order them online and have them delivered through the mail.