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


Attendees visit the Smith & Wesson booth at the National Shooting Sports Foundation's Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)ands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Attendees visit the Smith & Wesson booth at the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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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.”

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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