Re: Smith & Wesson Brands v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos

Ed Stasiak <user1263@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

Adam H. Kerman

From what little I've read about this case, the government of Mexico
sued Smith & Wesson for aiding and abetting crime committed by
drug cartels using their weapons.

This is a nonsense lawsuit wholly done to implement more draconian
anti-gun laws in the U.S. that will only affect law abiding Americans,
who are not the problem.

Surely the laws would address distribution. I don't see a customer of a
licensed firearm dealer buying for himself, and not himself a
distributor, would be affected.

Individual gun sales isn't how a drug cartel builds up an armory.

Or are we to believe that El Chapo, who has bazillions of dollars
at his disposal and intimate connections with the global black
market, is buying over priced civilian guns from the Bass Pro Shop
in Albuquerque?...

https://www.foxnews.com/world/mexican-government-hack-reveals-military-sold-arms-received-escort-cartels-report

There's significant corruption in Mexico? I'm shocked SHOCKED.

Hey! This allows Trump to file a comparable lawsuit in Mexican courts,
seeking massive damages!

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