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RIO RICO, Ariz. — U.S. gun companies are asking the Supreme Court this week to stop an unusual lawsuit from Mexico, a case that coincides with a critical moment for relations between the two countries.
The lawsuit seeks to hold major firearms manufacturers accountable for gun violence in Mexico, testing long-standing protections from liability for the nation’s firearms industry as President Donald Trump separately promises to take on Mexican drug cartels and illegal immigration.
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Lawyers for the gun manufacturers — including Smith & Wesson Brands, Beretta USA, Glock, and Colt’s Manufacturing Co. — declined to comment for this story. In court filings, they say the Mexican government is using the litigation to limit Second Amendment gun rights in the United States, which the conservative Supreme Court has expanded in recent years.
They warn of harmful implications for other U.S. companies if the justices allow the foreign government’s case to proceed.
“In its zeal to attack the firearms industry, Mexico seeks to raze bedrock principles of American law that safeguard the whole economy,” wrote Noel J. Francisco, who is representing the companies and was solicitor general during Trump’s first term.
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