Gibson makes beautiful guitars, musicians make beautiful music with them, and we all benefit. Uncle Barry’s regime makes nothing useful and no one benefits.
If Gibson were to eventually respond to an out of control Gov’t by moving all corporate and manufacturing operations overseas, Mr. Soetero would be the first in line to fail to understand why.
The Lacey Act of 1900
Lacey Act vs. Declaration Requirement
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The Declaration Requirement is only a small part of the entire Lacey Act
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Even if a shipment is exempt from the Declaration Requirement –the Lacey Act is still in force
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Example: Bagpipes with wooden pipes
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HTS Section 92059020 –no declaration required
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The Lacey Act itself still applies to the wooden pipes
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If the pipes were made from illegally harvested treesthen the bagpipe shipment is in violation of the Lacey Act
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/lacey_act/downloads/LaceyActPrimer.pdf
Next they will come for our bagpipes!
Note to Feds: You, Bastards! I’ll give you my guitar when you take it from my cold dead hands!