Mexico sues U.S. gun manufacturers, NSSF pushes back

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UPDATED 12:51 PM PT – Friday, August 6, 2021

The senior vice president of the National Shooting Sports Foundation has pushed back on Mexico’s lawsuit against several major U.S. gun manufacturers and distributors. On Thursday, Lawrence Keane said the suit’s allegations were baseless and the Mexican government should take responsibility for the rampant crime and corruption within their own borders.

Mexico filed a complaint in a federal court in Massachusetts this week, which claimed Smith and Wesson, Beretta, Century Arms, Colt, Glock and Ruger among others named in the suit used reckless gun dealers cartels relied on to obtain guns.

“We demand they create reasonable and verifiable standards to monitor and discipline their distributors,” asserted Secretary of Foreign Affairs Marcelo Ebrardo, Mexico. “…They argue that when the weapons are out to be sold and commercialized, they don’t have any responsibility, but they do have it.”

NSSF rejects Mexico’s allegations that U.S. firearm manufacturers participated in negligent business practices. Allegations of wholesale cross-border gun trafficking are patently and demonstrably false. Here’s why: https://t.co/Tzv41AWAvz.

— National Shooting Sports Foundation | NSSF (@NSSF) August 4, 2021

Keane responded by saying instead of trying to scapegoat law abiding American businesses, Mexican authorities should focus on bringing the cartels who criminally misuse stolen and illegally imported firearms to justice. He added the suit was a threat to the Second Amendment rights of law abiding Americans to keep and bear arms, which has been a right denied to the Mexican people who have been unable to defend themselves from the cartels.

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