The Supreme Court is set to consider the Mexican government's effort to hold U.S. gun companies accountable for violence involving trafficked firearms.

Summary

The Supreme Court will hear arguments in a lawsuit brought by Mexico seeking to hold U.S. gun companies liable for firearm trafficking that fuels cartel violence.

Mexico argues that the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) does not shield gunmakers who knowingly facilitate illegal sales.

Lower courts disagreed on whether the “predicate exception” applies, prompting the Supreme Court to step in.

If the ruling favors Mexico, it could open legal avenues for similar suits. Gunmakers contend Mexico’s claims fail due to multiple intervening steps before guns reach cartels.

          • Buelldozer@lemmy.today
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            11 hours ago

            The NRA was suddenly in favor of gun control after the Black Panthers started patrolling with guns.

            I despise the NRA but this kind of revisionist history needs to be called out.

            First off prior to 1977 the NRA had an established history of supporting Gun Control. It didn’t suddenly pop into being because of the Black Panthers.

            Second when the Mulford Act was passed in 1967 it started a sea change at the NRA that culminated with the “Revolt at Cincinnati” in 1977. The NRA as an organization supported Mulford, like it had other Gun Control legislation for at least 50 years, but it’s very clear that their membership did NOT and they took over the organization to keep it from continuing.

            Today’s NRA is a completely different beast than the one that existed in 1967. It’s primary faults are that it got corrupt as fuck and that it’s entirely silent whenever there’s a conflict between lawful gun owners and law enforcement.

            Regardless, the point stands. The NRA wasn’t “suddenly in favor of gun control after the Black Panthers”, it already had multi-decade history of supporting Gun Control.

          • Miles O'Brien@startrek.websiteEnglish
            2·
            13 hours ago

            Modern gun control laws started in response to black people arming themselves.

            From the stamp act to reagan, to bill Clinton. Reagan specifically is why California is ahead of the rest of the US on laws banning firearms, because Reagan kicked it off while Governor.