{"id":1934894,"date":"2023-05-20T13:10:48","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T17:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/20-state-attorneys-general-oppose-mexican-lawsuit-against-gun-industry\/"},"modified":"2023-05-20T13:13:29","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T17:13:29","slug":"20-state-attorneys-general-oppose-mexican-lawsuit-against-gun-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/20-state-attorneys-general-oppose-mexican-lawsuit-against-gun-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"20 AGs oppose Mexico&#8217;s lawsuit against gun industry."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F20-state-attorneys-general-oppose-mexican-lawsuit-against-gun-industry%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1934894&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The $10 Billion Lawsuit Against U.S. Gunmakers<\/h2>\n<p>The Mexican government and some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-pushes-coronavirus-vaccines-on-children-0-00-0-03-of-child-cases-fatal\/\" title=\"Biden Pushes Coronavirus Vaccines on Children, 0.00%-0.03% of Child Cases Fatal\">blue state leaders<\/a> are appealing the dismissal of a $10 billion lawsuit holding U.S. gunmakers liable for gun crime south of the border. But Montana\u2019s Attorney General Austin Knudsen is leading a coalition of 20 attorneys general to defend the Second Amendment and the firearms industry.<\/p>\n<h3>Why American Gun Manufacturers Are Not Responsible for Gun Violence in Mexico<\/h3>\n<p>According to Knudsen, \u201cAmerican gun manufacturers are not responsible for gun violence in Mexico.\u201d The Mexican government filed the lawsuit on Aug. 4, 2021, claiming that 70 to 90 percent of guns recovered from Mexican crime scenes come from the United States. However, Chief Judge Dennis Saylor of the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts dismissed the suit in October 2022, stating that the Mexican government failed to prove the manufacturers were liable for any gun crime.<\/p>\n<h3>The Manufacturers Named in the Lawsuit<\/h3>\n<p>The companies named in the lawsuit were Smith &#038; Wesson, Ruger, Glock, Colt, Century Arms, Beretta, Barrett, and Boston-based wholesaler Interstate Arms. But Oliva, Managing Director of Public Affairs for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, said the suit would fail again because it has no basis in the law.<\/p>\n<h3>Protecting Americans\u2019 Second Amendment Rights<\/h3>\n<p>Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin joined Knudsen and the other state lawyers to protect Americans\u2019 Second Amendment rights. He said, \u201cThis lawsuit is part of a broad strategy by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-america-does-not-have-a-gun-problem\/\" title=\"No, America Does Not Have a \u2018Gun Problem\u2019\">anti-gun activists<\/a> to try and shut down firearms manufacturing. Congress passed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act to protect American businesses from these kinds of frivolous lawsuits.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA)<\/h3>\n<p>According to politicians in California, Massachusetts, New York, Minnesota, and others that joined Mexico in its lawsuit, the PLCAA gives gun makers special protection that other businesses don\u2019t have. But the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ag-garland-besieged-by-requests-to-defend-pro-life-clinics-organizations\/\" title=\"AG Garland Besieged By Requests To Defend Pro-Life Clinics, Organizations\">attorneys general point<\/a> out that many products can be harmful, but manufacturers are liable only for deaths or injuries from defective products. Firearms manufacturers are no different.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Before PLCAA\u2019s enactment, no high court in the United States found gun manufacturers liable for the criminal acts of third parties.<\/li>\n<li>PLCAA simply codified this existing causation standard to protect gun manufacturers from the expense of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/20-state-attorneys-general-oppose-mexican-lawsuit-against-gun-industry\/\" title=\"20 AGs oppose Mexico's lawsuit against gun industry.\">litigating meritless tort cases<\/a> and from tort law innovations targeting the gun industry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Oliva agreed, \u201cThat law prohibits frivolous lawsuits that would seek to assign the blame for the criminal actions of remote third parties to manufacturers of l.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mexican government and blue state leaders are appealing the dismissal of a $10 billion lawsuit against U.S. gunmakers for gun crime in Mexico. 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