Mexico has a problem with violence from cartels, even to the extent that they are arguably a narco state, but its leadership has decided to cast the blame on American gun makers instead of dealing with its own issues.
The Supreme Court is slated to hear a lawsuit on Tuesday in which the Latin American nation indeed plans to blame companies like Smith & Wesson for its consistent difficulties with running a functional country, according to The New York Times. The lawsuit, brought originally in 2021, was thrown out by a lower court judge in 2022, but a panel of judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston, Massachusetts, overturned that decision — unanimously — in 2024.
Mexico is demanding $10 billion in damages from American firearm manufacturers, claiming that those firms are complicit in arming the cartels.
But Second Amendment organizations in the United States do not buy that argument, especially given the fact that civilian ownership of firearms is incredibly regulated and virtually illegal in Mexico.
The National Rifle Association said in one amicus brief, “Mexico has extinguished its constitutional arms right and now seeks to extinguish America’s.”
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The Supreme Court is slated to hear a lawsuit on Tuesday in which the Latin American nation indeed plans to blame companies like Smith & Wesson for its consistent difficulties with running a functional country, according to The New York Times. The lawsuit, brought originally in 2021, was thrown out by a lower court judge in 2022, but a panel of judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston, Massachusetts, overturned that decision — unanimously — in 2024.
Mexico is demanding $10 billion in damages from American firearm manufacturers, claiming that those firms are complicit in arming the cartels.
But Second Amendment organizations in the United States do not buy that argument, especially given the fact that civilian ownership of firearms is incredibly regulated and virtually illegal in Mexico.
The National Rifle Association said in one amicus brief, “Mexico has extinguished its constitutional arms right and now seeks to extinguish America’s.”
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Mexico 'Seeks to Extinguish' US Second Amendment in Bizarre Supreme Court Battle
The Mexican government is pursuing a bizarre Supreme Court case that seeks to undermine the Second Amendment rights of Americans.
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