Over 50,000 Americans have called on the Supreme Court to throw out Mexico’s anti-gun lawsuit and uphold the Second Amendment and the PLCAA.
The National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR) is holding a press conference on November 19th at noon ET in front of the Supreme Court of the United States. In conjunction with Senator Ted Cruz and Rep. Darrell Issa, we are urging SCOTUS to throw out Mexico’s lawsuit against U.S. gun manufacturers.
The National Association for Gun Rights filed an amicus brief in May, asking the Supreme Court to take the lawsuit, and throw out the case on Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act grounds. The brief may be found here.
“Sen. Cruz, Rep. Issa, and the National Association for Gun Rights believe Mexico is attempting to circumvent Congress and enforce European-style gun control on the United States via court ruling. If Mexico can leverage our own court system against us to destroy our rights and enact European-style gun control, the Constitution, the Second Amendment, and our national sovereignty itself will be completely destroyed,” said Dudley Brown, President of the National Association for Gun Rights.
Mexico is targeting Smith & Wesson in an attempt to destroy U.S. gun manufacturers and the Second Amendment. This case, Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos (23-1141), currently pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, was originally filed against nearly all major U.S. gun manufacturers, including Ruger, Barrett, Glock, Colt, Beretta, and Century International Arms, as well as Smith & Wesson. The lawsuit places blame on the gun industry for Mexico’s gang violence and has asked the courts to implement a swath of European-style gun control measures, including an AR/AK gun ban.
The district court dismissed the lawsuit, stating correctly that the PLCAA was enacted to specifically prevent this type of lawsuit. The 1st Circuit Court of Appeals revived the lawsuit, Smith & Wesson then appealed to the Supreme Court, asking the high court to grant certiorari and rule against Mexico’s lawsuit.
Since then, a district court judge has dismissed most of the gun manufacturers on jurisdictional grounds, so the case is now primarily against Smith & Wesson and Interstate Arms. However, Mexico has stated that it may appeal that ruling, or file separate lawsuits against the other manufacturers.
Also of note is the fact that Mexico is a signer of the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), also know as the “Small Arms Treaty” and was urging other countries to join them in suing U.S. gun manufacturers at the August meeting of the Small Arms Treaty in Geneva, Switzerland.
The National Association for Gun Rights has been on the front lines, successfully opposing the U.S. ratification of the UN’s Small Arms Treaty for over a decade.
“NAGR is urging anyone who supports the Second Amendment and U.S. sovereignty to join us by attending the press conference on November 19th in front of the Supreme Court,” said Brown.
To sign the NAGR online petition click here.
The National Association for Gun Rights is the nation’s largest “no compromise” pro-gun organization, with 4.5 million members nationwide.
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