The Second Amendment Scores a Major Victory Against Mexico
By: Katie Pavlich
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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."
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I think that was Obama that routed firearms to cartels with Operation Fast and Furious.
OF&F was predated by Project Gunrunner under G.W.B's admin.
If I remember correctly, it was Obama who actually used it. Resulted in the death of a border agent as I recall
Police work has always has a downside just as politics always has a blame game.
And like many other times, you're on the wrong side of this one.
I was hired to keep those below my paygrade either happy or unhappy depending on their wind flow..
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