A group of U.S. gun-makers and a firearms distributor on Nov. 22 filed a joint motion to dismiss a claim by the Mexican government that the companies are liable for allegedly contributing to a surge of firearms flowing unlawfully into the country.
It comes after Mexico on Aug. 4 filed a suit in Massachusetts federal court accusing some of the nation’s biggest firearm makers, including Smith & Wesson, Sturm, Ruger & Co, and Glock, of “persistently supplying a torrent of guns” to drug cartels in Mexico.
