Lawsuits over 2A rights are nothing new, though the number of lawsuits over the last several years seems to have been extremely high.
Maybe that’s the case, maybe it’s just my perception of the situation.
What does seem clear is that most lawsuits have been gun rights activists like you and me taking blue states and leftist politicians to court to prevent them from stealing our 2A rights.
An exception to that pattern that you may remember is where the country of Mexico has been trying to sue American gun manufacturers to blame them for the violence of cartels (you can read up on that here). Typical anti-2A blame-everyone-but-the-criminal thinking.
Now, the Supreme Court of the United States has ruled on that case, and it’s a big win for American gun manufacturers. James Eustis writes,
In a unanimous blow to gun control advocacy groups, the Supreme Court shut down Mexico’s $10 billion claim targeting U.S. gun makers in a cross-border lawsuit.
Mexico originally filed the suit in 2021, arguing that U.S. gun companies were responsible for the weapons that fueled cartel violence. Mexico received support in its lawsuit from American gun control advocacy groups such as Everytown and March for Our Lives Action Fund.
The Supreme Court ruling, written by Justice Elena Kagan, found that the manufacturers’ alleged failure to exercise “reasonable care” does not meet the standard necessary to be found liable for “aiding and abetting” the sale of illegal firearms in Mexico.
On a side note, how do you know that your anti-2A court case is absurdly flimsy and just a waste of everyone’s time? When a liberal Supreme Court justice who agrees with your politics still writes the opinion crushing your anti-2A hopes.
And that’s exactly what happened here. Obama appointed Justice Kagan wrote the opinion stating that Mexico’s case didn’t cut it.
Frankly, this might be the only time that I agree with Kagan on a court case, but I have to give credit where credit is due: she is right on this one. Mexico’s case wasn’t up to snuff (as my grandmother would have said).
For you and me, this means that Mexico won’t be able to shut down several big U.S. gun manufacturers, and you and I can continue to buy the firearms that we love.
And that’s a win for all Americans whether they realize it or not.
