The US government has cracked down on DJI drones before, but not in a way that would keep stores from buying them, consumers from purchasing them, or individual pilots from flying

The US government is restricting Chinese dronemaker DJI from exporting select drones to the US in what appears to be part of "a broader initiative by the Department of Homeland Security to scrutinize the origins of products,

"The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has cited the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), as the reason for the current holdups," the DJI ViewPoints team wrote. "This assertion made against DJI, however, is entirely unfounded and categorically false."