Columbus, OH – On Tuesday, The Buckeye Institute, once again joined by Mountain States Legal Foundation, filed its second amicus brief in Smith & Wesson v. Mexico, calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to tell Mexico that it cannot shift the blame for its failure to control drug cartel crime in its country onto American companies. 

“The production and sale of firearms in the United States is not the cause of drug crime and violence in Mexico,” said David C. Tryon, director of litigation at The Buckeye Institute. “And this attempt by Mexico to blame American companies for its failure to control crime is exactly the type of thing Congress sought to protect against when it passed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act.”

As in their first amicus brief, The Buckeye Institute and Mountain States Legal Foundation argue that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit erred when it overturned the district court’s dismissal of the case. 

Tryon continued, “This case offers the U.S. Supreme Court the opportunity to reverse the First Circuit’s decision and stop foreign governments from undermining the rights of law-abiding Americans.”

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