I understand that the state of Mass. already has a bill on the table to ban the sale of all two stroke engines (gas and Nitro included). If that passes, and all states follow--we may not be able to get a Zen or CY engine in this country, and those engines may be gone forever.
I buy lots of stuff direct from Hong Kong now, half the price or less, shipping less then from Canada and faster then UPS ground.
And if your states are dumb enough to ban 2st motors sales to prevent polluting the air, instead we'll just pollute the land with our lipo and nimh batteries.
And I guess they never heard about this new thing called the internet where you can buy things tax free and sometimes free shipping too. I wouldn't worry too much about this.