My apologies for not reading this whole thread before replying. This is a topic that I was too excited about getting my 2 cents in to bother reading first. If others have made this same point I apologize.
The title asks us if we will stockpile if e-cigs are banned and I just have to point out that once they are banned it will be too late to stockpile. The time for stockpiling is now!
I've seen a couple responses saying things like "it won't happen in the USA", "the USA is different than other countries", etc. and to that I ask this....Are you blind?
Don't ever think that a ban won't happen in the USA. While there is a growing population of vapers, tobacco has BIG influence in our government! The big tobacco companies are NOT going to just sit back and watch their profits fall and they are not going to head to bankruptcy court without a fight. Right now I'm betting there aren't a lot of lobbiests in Washington who are fighting for our rights to vape. But I guarantee that the tobacco guys are there every day pushing for legislation.
We are a nation of the people, by the people and for the people and whether we like it or not, most of the people do not vape ar know anything about it. That huge majority of people (likely including many smokers/would be vapers) will be right there voting to take away our rights as soon as they read a few trumped up reports of the "hazards" of vaping. People in this country (and maybe people in general) are quick to panic and slow to educate themselves. All it takes is for a few keywords to be tossed into the media and our rights to vape will be taken so fast our cartos will spin. Does no one remember how 9/11/2001 was used to strip us of many of the rights our country's founders guaranteed us?
I will give you all a hint as to when a ban is on it's way. If you start hearing or reading in the media reports of people being hospitalized or sickened by e-cigs...that's a sure sign it's coming very soon (maybe within days). It won't matter the real circumstances behind the hospitalizations or sicknesses...whether the person afflicted got sick from trying to vape rubbing alcohol or some such thing....that will be a small part of the story or left out completely. All the general public will hear is that people (even if it's only one case, it will get rumored into many people) are getting sick or dying from e-cigs. The larger population will jump right on board with the ban hammer.
If you start seeing more reports of exploding e-cigs (regardless that they were mods made by idiots), te ban hammer is coming down soon. If you start seeing "studies" being done that find levels of (you name the) toxins,,,doesn't matter that it's trace levels that are acceptable for human consumtion or that cigarettes have 1,000 times the levels....the ban hammer is about to drop.
These are just a few of the things that tobacco companies will start ensuring get media coverage in an effort to start the panic train rolling. As soon as there is a level of panic among the majority of Americans (who aren't vapers and know better) we will start seeing legislation passed limiting our rights as educated vapers. We can only hope that it happens slowly in order to give us time to stockpile, many things I've seen in my life become outlawed for bogus reasons have had laws passed and bans handed down quite quickly indeed. First it starts with a couple states (probably New York will be first) and withing weeks/months it will be completely illegal.
Stand by and keep telling yourselves that America is different or that it won't happen here and then once it does you can talk about how we should have done more to keep it from happening. Please do not ever fool yourself into thinking that it won't happen here. Sure, we might well be the last civilized country to see it, but it most definitely can and will happen here...unless we start doing something NOW to stop it. Once the panic train starts rolling it will be way too late, right now is the time to start planning our strategy.
Oh...and another thing....simply talking about it on this forum or other boards where other vapers hang out isn't going to do anything to help. Talk to people that you know about vaping and how it's safer than cigarettes. Educate as many people as you can who aren't vapers because it's those people who will take your rights away. We don't need to convince each other, we all already know, it's the non-vapers who need to be educated. Ignorance = fear and fear leads to (the dark side...LOL) stupid laws. In my life I've seen many things with incredibly positive potential for humans become outlawed in this country by the ignorant majority of sheeple who were never affected one way or the other by the product they pushed to outlaw.
If you don't believe me, ask a psychiatrist how many substances with incredible potential for helping mankind he/she is unable to use on their patients because of an ignorant, panic stricken majority.
For me, my stash is a win-win situation. If that deeming order and restrictive regulations are forthcoming as the FDA has said they are I've personally got myself covered with all my vaping needs for years to come. If my concern over the regulations doesn't turn out to be needed then with retirement looming on the horizon I simply can enjoy my stash without needing to spend much money to continue to enjoy vaping for many years. There would be plenty of time between issuing the deeming order and actually putting regulations into effect to add to my stash anything that I consume and need to replace. 
