[Opinion] Defensive Uses of Guns Last Month Show Mexican Government’s Folly

Defensive Uses of Guns Last Month Show Mexican Government’s Folly

Last week, in a unanimous opinion in a case called Smith & Wesson v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos, the Supreme Court tossed out a lawsuit filed by the Mexican government against seven major U.S. gun manufacturers, seeking to hold them civilly liable for billions of dollars in damages stemming from gun violence committed in Mexico with the manufacturers’ firearms. The court held that a 2005 federal statute prohibits Mexico—or anyone else—from bringin…