Gibson Guitar Raided – Illegal Wood? CEO says Feds tell them “Problems will ‘go away’ IF labor outsourced…. “Posted by Asst Natl Dir Mellie B on September 1, 2011 at 3:51pm in General, Town Hall
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Feds Raid Guitar Maker…Looking for Illegal Woodâ–*Posted on August 26, 2011 at 12:11pm by Buck Sexton
Federal Agents of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service raided factories and offices of Gibson Guitar in Memphis and Nashville on Wednesday, seizing wood pallets, electronic files and guitars.

Federal authorities are apparently investigating Gibson for the alleged importation and use of illegal wood.

The Wall Street Journal reported this morning on this highly “aggressive enforcement of overly broad laws to make the company cry uncle.â€