{"id":104760,"date":"2024-10-04T23:17:20","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T04:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=104760"},"modified":"2024-10-04T23:17:20","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T04:17:20","slug":"104760","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=104760","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

NSSF Praises SCOTUS Decision to Review Mexico\u2019s Baseless $10 Billion Lawsuit Against Firearm Manufacturers<\/a><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON, D.C.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 NSSF\u00ae, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, praised the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s decision to grant Smith & Wesson\u2019s petition to hear\u00a0Estados Unidos Mexicanos v. Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc., et al.<\/a>,<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0Mexico\u2019s frivolous $10 billion lawsuit against American firearm manufacturers seeking to blame them for the harm caused by lawless narco-terrorist drug cartels in Mexico. Mexico\u2019s lawsuit also seeks to dictate how firearms are made and sold throughout the United States through a federal court injunction, in effect usurping the role of Congress and 50 state legislatures.<\/p>\n

NSSF filed an\u00a0amicus brief<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0earlier this year in support of the Supreme Court granting the case, arguing that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit\u2019s flawed decision, \u201cblows a gaping hole in the PLCAA and rolls out the red carpet for a foreign government intent on vitiating the Second Amendment.\u201d The U.S. Supreme Court will now set a briefing schedule and hold argument, likely early in the new year.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday\u2019s announcement by the U.S. Supreme Court that they are granting Smith & Wesson\u2019s petition to hear Mexico\u2019s frivolous $10 billion lawsuit against lawful American firearm manufacturers is welcomed news to the entire firearm industry. Mexico\u2019s lawsuit seeks to blame lawful American firearm businesses for violence in Mexico perpetrated by Mexican narco-terrorist drug cartels and impacting innocent Mexican lives.<\/p>\n

It is not the fault of American firearm businesses that follow strict laws and regulations to lawfully manufacture and sell legal products,\u201d said Lawrence G. Keane, NSSF Senior Vice President and General Counsel. \u201cThis case represents exactly why Congress passed, and President George W. Bush enacted, the bipartisan Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA).<\/p>\n

The case was rightly dismissed by a federal judge before the First Circuit Court of Appeals\u2019 erroneous ruling earlier this year that reversed the district court order and reinstated the case. Lawful American firearm manufacturers follow American laws to make and sell lawful and Constitutionally-protected products. The Mexican government should instead focus on bringing Mexican criminals to justice in Mexican courtrooms.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mexico alleges U.S. firearm manufacturers are liable for the criminal violence perpetuated by narco-terrorist drug cartels by refusing to adopt gun control restrictions that exceed what the law requires for the strictly-regulated production and sale of firearms. A U.S. District court in Massachusetts dismissed the case, finding the claims were barred by the PLCAA. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, however, revived the case on Mexico\u2019s appeal earlier this year.<\/p>\n

The First Circuit held that Mexico\u2019s claims alleging that the defendants know their regular business practices contribute to illegal firearm trafficking fit within a narrow exception to the PLCAA. Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc., et al, the petitioners, argue the First Circuit erred when it reversed the lower court\u2019s decision to dismiss the case.<\/p>\n

The petitioners also noted the First Circuit\u2019s decision to allow for an exception to PLCAA fails because there is no evidence U.S. firearm manufacturers violated federal laws against aiding and abetting firearm trafficking. The petitioners explained to the Supreme Court that Mexico\u2019s complaint \u201cfails to identify any product, policy, or action by the American firearms industry that is deliberately designed to facilitate the unlawful activities of Mexican drug cartels.\u201d<\/p>\n

NSSF\u2019s\u00a0amicus brief<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>concluded by urging Supreme Court action and pointing out that the First Circuit\u2019s decision to reinstate the case was incorrect because it is \u201c\u2026 emblematic of a recent trend of anti-gun governments (and courts) mendaciously skirting the PLCAA and using the resulting threat of bankruptcy-inducing tort liability to destroy a lawful industry that is vital to the exercise of a fundamental constitutional right. This Court\u2019s intervention is imperative.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NSSF Praises SCOTUS Decision to Review Mexico\u2019s Baseless $10 Billion Lawsuit Against Firearm Manufacturers WASHINGTON, D.C.\u00a0\u2014 NSSF\u00ae, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, praised the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s decision to grant Smith & Wesson\u2019s petition to hear\u00a0Estados Unidos Mexicanos v. Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc., et al.,\u00a0Mexico\u2019s frivolous $10 billion lawsuit against American firearm manufacturers seeking … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,23,50,97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-courts","category-goobermint","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=104760"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104761,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104760\/revisions\/104761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=104760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=104760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}