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The United States Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in favor of seven American gun manufacturers in a lawsuit brought by the Mexican government accusing them of aiding and abetting Mexican cartels.

Case file: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-1141_lkgn.pdf

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

It claims nothing of the sort.

It claims that the sheer magnitude of the transfers means that the gun manufacturers have to have some awareness of which of their distributors are providing guns to the cartels, and that they've systemstically turned a blind eye to them.

Which is not only possible but likely.

But it runs up against the fact that the powers-that-be in the US have a vested interest in the cartels getting as many guns as possible, being as violent as possible, and undermining Mexican stability as much as possible, in order to maintain US hegemony in North America.

Thus the Supreme Court's ruling, because at this point in our history, they don't work for the benefit of the people - they work for the benefit of the wealthy and empoweredl few.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

The cartels get the majority of their firearms from straw purchases. No one who buys straw purchased firearms shops at the same dealers in mass quantities.

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