Mexico Asks US Supreme Court to Allow Its $10 Billion Lawsuit Against US Gun Makers

A federal judge dismissed the Mexican suit in 2022 for violating federal law but six months ago an appeals court reinstated it.

In this file image, a police cordon reading 'Danger' is pictured at a crime scene where unknown assailants gunned down people at a garage in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Jan. 4, 2018. Reuters/Jose Luis Gonzalez

Mexico urged the U.S. Supreme Court this week to let its $10 billion lawsuit against U.S. gun manufacturers for allegedly flooding that country with firearms proceed in the lower courts.

Although some gun control activists welcome Mexico’s lawsuit, gun rights advocates say the legal action by a foreign government is exploiting U.S. laws in an effort to cripple the U.S. firearms industry and weaken the Second Amendment protections Americans enjoy.