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World News See other World News Articles Title: Mexican Government Sues Gun Manufacturers And Wholesaler For Cartel Crime. The government of Mexico is suing six U.S. gun makers and one Boston-area wholesaler, claiming “massive damage” created by “unlawful trafficking” of firearms to cartel and criminal elements. The Mexican Government’s suit opens with trafficking claims and naming the six manufacturers and the wholesaler: Plaintiff Estados Unidos Mexicanos (the “Government”), a sovereign nation, brings this action to put an end to the massive damage that the Defendants cause by actively facilitating the unlawful trafficking of their guns to drug cartels and other criminals in Mexico. Almost all guns recovered at crime scenes in Mexico — 70% to 90% of them — were trafficked from the U.S. The Defendants include the six U.S.-based manufacturers whose guns are most often recovered in Mexico — Smith & Wesson, Beretta, Century Arms, Colt, Glock, and Ruger. Another manufacturer defendant is Barrett, whose .50 caliber sniper rifle is a weapon of war prized by the drug cartels. The remaining defendant — Interstate Arms — is a Boston-area wholesaler through which all but one of the defendant manufacturers sell their guns for re-sale to gun dealers throughout the U.S. The Mexican Government specifically states that the flood of said firearms into Mexico is not “an inevitable consequence of the gun business or of U.S. gun laws.” Instead, they suggest the flow of gun is the result of “the Defendants’ deliberate actions and business practices.” They also point to the stringent gun controls in Mexico, then claim “Defendants undermine these stringent laws, and wreak havoc in Mexican society, by persistently supplying a torrent of guns to the drug cartels.” The Mexican Government points to the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA), a 2005 Act which shields gun makers from frivolous lawsuits. They then state: The United States is, of course, free to choose its social policy reflecting a balance between the financial interests of the gun industry and the rights of victims within its jurisdiction. By the same token, however, the Government of Mexico is entitled to choose a different social policy that reflects a different balance between the interests of victims in Mexico and the interests of gun manufacturers that foreseeably and deliberately cause trafficking of their guns into Mexico. The Mexican Government is seeking a portion of the Defendants’ profits, as well as “damages…in an amount to be determined by trial.” They also seek to be reimbursed for the “costs of suit, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, as provided by law,” and seek payment for other claims as well. The case is Mexico v. Smith and Wesson, No. 1:21-cv-11269, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. Reach him at awrhawkins@breitbart.com. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
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I have a simple solution. NO GUN MANUFACTURER SHOULD SELL THEIR GUNS TO MEXICO. PERIOD. In fact, gun makers should sue the Mexican Government every time one of their firearms was recovered there as Mexico cannot enforce their own laws, and the manufacturers have every right to choose who their customers are. NO GUNS FOR MEXICANS. NO GUNS FOR THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT. Do that, and all of a sudden drug cartels have to get their guns from the BATFE, like they always have. Perhaps David Chipmunk can help. "Call Me Ishmael" -Ishmael, A character from the book "Moby Dick" 1851. "Call Me Fishmeal" -Osama Bin Laden, A character created by the CIA, and the world's Hide And Seek Champion 2001-2011. -Tommythemadartist
Crap, where are these bastards gettin' their ammo. I had to suck a dick to get 10 rounds of .22lr a couple months ago. (That was figuratively)
Godfrey Smith: Mike, I wouldn't worry. Prosperity is just around the corner. I don't see how Mexico has standing to sue in US courts. They can instead sue in Mexican courts. That's what the US feds do. They sue foreigners in US courts when they do something that supposedly causes bad things to happen in the US.
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