Maybe I spent too many years with the government, they me lots of things I really shouldn't know. Anyway if the ban does happen I know of a science shop here in town that is just chock full of lab equipment. And if they do decide to ban the hardware also, Home Depot has some really neat tools that'll do a lot of different things.
The really scary part is, there's a whole bunch of us out here that are now civilians thanks to George H.W. Bush. And we've been sharing everything we know and learn.
So just hang tight, a solution will come up.