A different kind of open border
A different kind of open border
Mexico now can proceed with its lawsuit
With all the talk from certain types about an open Southern border (that isn’t actually open) and immigrants taking our jobs (more crap), conversations about what the U.S. is sending over the Southern border get lost.
The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (in Boston) ruled on Monday that the nation of Mexico can proceed with a $10 billion lawsuit over what the lawsuit says are “deliberate” business practices by U.S. gunmakers that result in a flood of illegal guns trafficked to Mexican drug cartels.
Earlier, the lawsuit was dismissed, so Mexico appealed.
The gunmakers — where officials deny any wrongdoing because that’s worked for decades — include Glock, Barretta USA, Colt, Smith and Wesson, Ruger, Barrett and others. The lawsuit said a half-million guns are trafficked north to south, and 68% of those weapons are made by the companies named in the suit.
This? Is a big damn deal. U.S. gunmakers have, since the passage of 2005’s Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA), been granted broad immunity from just about every similar lawsuit, but the Boston court ruled that the PLCAA doesn’t apply globally.
Here’s a pretty good explainer — though mildly dated — of how the trafficking happens, from Rolling Stone.
Long live Mexico!
I've told this story before but it is worth repeating. When I was shopping my homeowners insurance one company's underwriter asked if there was a dog in the house, I replied do you ask if there is a gun in the house?!? The moral of my simple story is if you have a pup you are a greater risk than if you have a AR-15! F the gun manufacturers, they are no different than drug dealers in my book!
Go Mexico. Hope Mexico is as successful as the Sandy Hook families were when they sued Remington. It will likely be years before there is a resolution.