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The US Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear Smith & Wesson v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos, a bid to end a billion-dollar lawsuit from the Mexican government against US firearm manufacturers.

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This comes as companies and more than two dozen Republican state attorney generals asked the Supreme Court earlier this year to intervene in the case to prevent years of costly litigation for the gun industry.

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A federal district judge in Boston had dismissed the lawsuit two years ago on the grounds that a 2005 federal law barred such legal action, but an unanimous three-judge panel of the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals revived the suit in January.

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Mexico sued eight US companies — seven gun manufacturers and one distributor — in 2021 for allegedly aiding and abetting traffickers and cartels. Smith & Wesson and Witmer Public Safety Group Inc. are the only remaining defendants as the other six were found to lack enough ties to Massachusetts.

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Mexico claims the companies named in the case deliberately "violated laws applicable to the sale or marketing of firearms" to "profit off the criminal market for their products," accounting for more than two-thirds of guns smuggled into the country.

The US Supreme Court will open its new term on Monday, with this case and others granted on Friday expected to be argued and decided before July.

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This ruling is a huge step forward in holding the gun industry accountable for its contribution to gun violence and stopping the flood of trafficked guns to cartels. It pierces the unfair legal shield that gun companies have been hiding behind since 2005. The decision recognizes the right of another country to sue US gun companies for their role in facilitating illegal gun trafficking.

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The lawsuit is misplaced and baseless. The Mexican government should focus on bringing drug cartels to justice in Mexican courtrooms instead of scapegoating the firearm industry for their unwillingness to protect Mexican citizens. The case deflects attention from Mexico's disgraceful and corrupt failure to address its internal issues.

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This lawsuit is key in holding the US gun industry accountable for its contribution to violence at home and abroad and stopping the flood of trafficked guns to cartels. It's utterly unfair to grant legal shield for companies that are at the core of the gun violence problem.

The lawsuit is misplaced and baseless. Gun manufacturers in the US do produce a lawful product — and there's no similar issue in its border with Canada. Mexico should focus on bringing drug cartels to justice in its courtrooms instead of scapegoating the US gun industry for its own failed enforcement policies.

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