Mexico is suing U.S. gun-makers for arming its gangs — a U.S. court could award billions in damages https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/021924_mexico_guns_lawsuit_op/mexico-suing-us-gun-makers-arming-its-gangs-us-court-could-award-billions-damages/
The government of Mexico is suing U.S. gun-makers for their role in facilitating cross-border gun trafficking that has supercharged violent crime in Mexico, and the demand for $10 billion in damages could drive several of the nation’s largest firearm manufacturers into bankruptcy.
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@TucsonSentinel All of us non- USA countries could sue USA gun makers for selling an unsafe item. If my iPhone can have a biometric lock so should a gun.
@Old_IT_geek @TucsonSentinel
Terrible idea. Have you ever had the biometric sensor on your phone misbehave? Now imagine dealing with that in the middle of a life-and-death situation. Police usually wear gloves in the field too, biometric sensors usually don't work through gloves.
This would only add unnecessary complexity and points of failure in what is supposed to be an emergency device. Universally, this is a bad idea.
@JRFreeman @Old_IT_geek @TucsonSentinel As an Australian I don’t regard a gun as an emergency device, that’s what the phone is for. Even my car has a PIN number that I enter to get it to move. So a dangerous device like a gun should have some sort of disabling key to prevent unauthorised or accidental use. I don’t care how many Americans get killed by their gun obsession, just don’t sell insecure guns here.
@TucsonSentinel When guns become a situation hitting our government in the wallets then... maybe something will be done about it. It's disgusting greed allowing this constant chaos 😠 #TheNRAIsATerroristOrganization #banguns
Watch your #Deeds. They might have #Consequences !
@TucsonSentinel Bravo Mexico!!!
@TucsonSentinel is that sign real
It is very much real, and it's on every port of exit throughout the southern border of the US...
@TucsonSentinel Viva Mexico!!!
@TucsonSentinel the only group that is maybe more deserving of a bankruptcy inducing lawsuit is the fossil fuel industry.
@Pepperbike @TucsonSentinel
What am I supposed to do when a hundred feral hogs start devastating the crops I spent all season growing? I need to sell those crops so I can afford to live. Currently, an AR-15 and several high-capacity magazines is the only thing that scares them off. Anything less, they'll stampede me and kill me.
What are people like me supposed to do without AR-15s? Just let this invasive species destroy everything I worked for this year, then starve?
@Pepperbike @TucsonSentinel
This isn't some fantasy scenario I've concocted btw. This is something real that I have to deal with at least once or twice a year. Go on youtube and look at what a herd of stampeding feral hogs looks like, and try to tell me you wouldn't wish for a machine gun if it was your home they were destroying.
@TucsonSentinel As the saying goes, “Poor Mexico, so far from God, so close to the US.”
@TucsonSentinel lol fuck them guns
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This is ridiculous. Can you sue Ford because someone ran you over with an F-150? Can you sue Farberware because someone used one of their kitchen knives to rob you? No. Of course not. It would be absurd to hold a company accountable for the actions of their customer.
Why then, is it being asserted that gun manufacturers should be held accountable for the actions of gun smugglers?
If the place is overrun by cartel members, shouldn't Americans have a right to defend themselves?
@JRFreeman @TucsonSentinel companies have a duty to not sell unsafe products that could get people killed and to ensure that their products do not enable criminals knowingly. If they fail to do that due diligence then they open themselves up for liability.
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So between the ATF, Border Patrol, The Federales, Customs, all the different US and Mexican agencies responsible for regulating and enforcing international firearms sales and transfers, and Mexico is suing... the gun makers? Not the sellers, not the smugglers, not the cartel members, but the gun manufacturers?
I really hope this goes nowhere. No manufacturer should be held accountable for the way a customer abuses their product.
More people DUI in Dodge Rams than any other vehicle on the road. If I'm hit by a drunk driver in a Dodge Ram, should I be able to sue Chrysler claiming that the prevalence of dealerships near liquor stores "is the foreseeable result of the defendant's deliberate actions and business practices" and demand the install interlocks in all cars from now on? I fail to see how this is any less preposterous.
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About time. It would also help if nobody were allowed to buy more than 2 firearms per year.
@TucsonSentinel Based upon what legal theory of liability? This lawsuit will be summarily dismissed for lack of standing.
@TucsonSentinel @lisamelton let’s go, the link is undeniable and additional mandatory checks would definitely help avoid gun smuggling, such as reporting sudden spikes in sales of high powered military grade rifles and someone spending say… half a million buying guns in a year. You know, the small stuff.
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/mexico-usa-guns/