The Supreme Court Unanimously Tells Mexico to Get Lost

The Supreme Court Unanimously Tells Mexico to Get Lost

Katie Pavlich

In a unanimous decision the Supreme Court ruled 9-0 Thursday that the government
of Mexico cannot hold American gun manufacturers accountable for criminal
activity. More specifically, cartel violence south of the border.

"The Government of Mexico sued seven American gun manufacturers, alleging that
the companies aided and abetted unlawful gun sales that routed firearms to
Mexican drug cartels," the order states. "Mexico focuses on production of
'military style' assault weapons, but these products are widely legal and
purchased by ordinary consumers. Manufacturers cannot be charged with assisting
criminal acts simply because Mexican cartel members also prefer these guns. The
same applies to firearms with Spanish language names or graphics alluding to
Mexican history-while they may be 'coveted by the cartels,' they also may appeal
to 'millions of law-abiding Hispanic Americans.' Even the failure to make guns
with non-defaceable serial numbers cannot show that manufacturers have 'joined
both mind and hand' with lawbreakers in the manner required for aiding and
abetting."

"Because Mexico's complaint does not plausibly allege that the defendant gun
manufacturers aided and abetted gun dealers' unlawful sales of firearms to
Mexican traffickers, PLCAA [The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act] bars
the lawsuit," it continues. "Congress enacted PLCAA to halt lawsuits attempting
to make gun manufacturers pay for harms resulting from the criminal or unlawful
misuse of firearms. Mexico's suit closely resembles those lawsuits. The Court
doubts Congress intended to draft such a capacious way out of PLCAA, and in fact
it did not."

Even the liberal, gun control prone Justices shot down Mexico's argument.

"This is a tremendous victory for the firearm industry and the rule of law. For
too long, gun control activists have attempted to twist basic tort law to malign
the highly-regulated U.S. firearm industry with the criminal actions of violent
organized crime, both here in the United States and abroad," National Shooting
Sports Foundation Senior Vice President Lawrence Keane said in response to the
ruling. "The firearm industry is sympathetic to plight of those in Mexico who
are victims of rampant and uncontrolled violence at the hands of narco-terrorist
drug cartels. The firearm industry works closely with the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to prevent the illegal straw purchasing
of firearms and the illegal transnational smuggling of firearms. This
unequivocal decision by the Supreme Court that PLCAA applies and there is no
evidence whatsoever that U.S. manufacturers are in any way responsible is
verification of commitment to responsible firearm ownership."

Editor's Note: The Supreme Court has just protected the Second Amendment rights
of every American by shutting down gun control lawfare from foreign countries.
Mexico can get lost.

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