The Supreme Court on Nov. 22 scheduled oral argument for March 4, 2025, in U.S. gun companies’ appeal in Mexico’s ongoing $10 billion lawsuit against the firearms businesses.
In the legal action, Mexico is seeking $10 billion from U.S. gun suppliers for allegedly flooding that country with firearms. Mexico blames the companies for a violent crime wave, saying their actions benefited criminal cartels.
The defendants are gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson and gun wholesaler Interstate Arms.
Mexico argues that illegal gun trafficking into that country is driven largely by Mexican drug cartels’ demands for military-style weapons.
Although some gun control activists welcome Mexico’s lawsuit, gun rights advocates say it constitutes foreign interference in U.S. affairs and is aimed at crippling the U.S. firearms industry and weakening the Second Amendment protections enjoyed by Americans….