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.

Here is a video taken in the aftermath of the raid, courtesy of the local Fox affiliate:

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