Next time you’re at the store, look for “strike anywhere” matches. Blue tip, or red tip; it doesn’t matter. The things’re getting harder to find all the time, in many areas. Why? Well, they don’t cost much and they don’t sell much. But, the insurance expenses can be huge, for the vendor, who wishes to carry the things.
At the other end of the fuse, comes BP. The graph line for insurance costs can go up, diagonally, from what we saw applied to the lowly match. Vendors, in areas of the country most harshly affected, simply do not wish to pass on the costs involved in feeding and caring for BP kegs, within their store premises.
Then, there’s the paperwork.
Mind you - not every state, or even every area within every state, is so strict. The ones that are have enacted laws involving full disclosure, placards and the like (mileage varies). This, to the point that, well, it's just sad, sometimes...