Posted on 10/05/2022 2:42:39 AM PDT by Libloather
The federal government has announced it will appeal the dismissal of its lawsuit against United States gun manufacturers.
The government filed a US $10 billion lawsuit against gunmakers, including Smith & Wesson and Barrett Firearms in August 2021, accusing them of negligent business practices that have led to illegal arms trafficking and deaths in Mexico, where U.S.-sourced firearms are used in a majority of high-impact crimes.
In a claim filed in Massachusetts, it alleged that the companies have undermined Mexican gun laws by designing, marketing and selling high-powered weapons that appeal to criminal organizations in Mexico.
Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor dismissed the claim in federal court in Boston on Friday, saying that U.S. law “unequivocally” prohibits lawsuits that seek to hold gun manufacturers responsible when people use their products for their intended purpose.
The judge said there were some narrow exceptions in U.S. law but none applied in Mexico’s case against the gunmakers.
Saylor explained that Mexico’s case couldn’t surmount a provision in the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) that protects gun manufacturers from lawsuits over “the harm solely caused by the criminal or unlawful misuse of firearm products … by others when the product functioned as designed and intended.”
In a 44-page ruling, the judge wrote that “while the court has considerable sympathy for the people of Mexico, and none whatsoever for those who traffic guns to Mexican criminal organizations, it is duty-bound to follow the law.”
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE), which filed the suit, said that the government would challenge the ruling.
“The government of Mexico will appeal the decision of the federal judge and continue insisting that the weapons trade must be responsible, transparent and with accountability,” it said in a statement.
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So, who’s suing those involved in Fast and Furious for theor part in running guns to Mexico?
Both the Operation and movie franchise. God, those movies are terrible.
I hope the USA counter-sued Mexico re fentanyl and rushing our borders.
Friggin’ bottom feeding Mexican government trying to swindle money from Americans as if feeding and caring for their starving population wasn’t enough. It’s time for America to cross the border and start kicking some ass in the craphole.
Close your northern border and STFU.
They ought to indict Holder and demand extradition.
That I could get behind.
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I don’t think the cartels are using semiautomatic rifles available for sale in the US. They’re getting the AK’s from Russia or the QBZ-95 from China for Norklandia in full auto.
Hmmm, do we know if the C👁️A has been doing business south of the Rio Grande?
Going after firearms manufacturers "deep pockets" in the USA
The cabals own and run the Mehico government - even the government doesn't even try to control them
If it weren't for cheap labor sending money home, drug cabals running fenantyl and drugs across the border, growing avacadoes,
and running the human trafficking across southern US border,
the country would be bankrupt if it depended on alone its' oil production and agriculture.
Will Mexico file suit against exotic car manufacturers and luxury item companies in Europe as well?
Asking for a friend. /s
It was the united States govt. that sold M16s grenade launchers,belt fed machine guns hand grenades for cash to the Sinoloa narco cartel & embezzled the money.
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