This is probably one to watch - they've already pretty much shut down kids'
chemistry set market, and are working on killing off the model rocket hobby
and industry; black powder and smokeless propellants are probably next,
along with fertilizer...

-Rich
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Senators seek to address threat of improvised bombs to U.S.
By Chris Strohm | CongressDaily | November 1, 2007

Two key senators on Thursday introduced a bipartisan bill aimed at helping
the government prevent improvised explosive devices from being used in
terrorist attacks inside the United States, saying not enough has been done
to counter the threat of such bombings.

So-called IEDs have been used repeatedly to attack U.S. forces in Iraq and
Afghanistan, and have been set off by terrorists in Europe.

"The most likely terror threat around the world and here in the U.S. is
IEDs," said Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs ranking
member Susan Collins, R-Maine, a key architect of the 2007 Bombing
Prevention Act. "The FBI and DHS tell us that the threat from these devices
is not only real, but growing."

Her co-sponsor, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman
Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., added: "An IED is relatively easy and
inexpensive to make and can cause mass casualties, even to armored military
personnel. They are a global threat, and the American public, here at home,
is not immune."

Even though the U.S. intelligence community has identified the bomb as one
of the most likely terrorist threats to the United States, the government
has not devoted sufficient resources or attention to the threat, according
to a fact sheet distributed by the senators.

Full article:
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=38458&dcn=e_gvet