The NRA-ILA has been keeping readers up to date with an ongoing effort by the Mexican government and domestic gun control supporters to attack the American firearms industry. According to a new report from Politico, this conspiracy to leverage a foreign sovereign to undermine an American constitutional right has become more formalized in recent days with the creation of a new advocacy group named Global Action on Gun Violence.
Back in August 2021, the Mexican government filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts against the most prominent U.S. gun manufacturers alleging that these heavily regulated businesses were somehow responsible for Mexico’s violent crime problem. The suit was the international version of a domestic gun control strategy from the 1990s, when anti-gun jurisdictions and avaricious plaintiff’s attorneys teamed up in an effort to bankrupt the U.S. firearms industry by holding companies accountable for the third-party criminal misuse of their products.
This wild departure from long-established tort law eventually necessitated Congress enacting the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA).
In an attempt to get around the PLCAA, the Mexican suit argued that the U.S. federal courts should ignore both U.S. law and the Second Amendment and instead rule against the gun companies under the laws of Mexico.
Some observers will find it ironic that Mexico has sought to exert sovereignty over foreign businesses in this manner when the Mexican government has failed to exercise sovereignty over its own purported territory. A 2020 Washington Post item stated,
In a classified study produced in 2018 but not previously reported, CIA analysts concluded that drug-trafficking groups had gained effective control over about 20 percent of Mexico, according to several current and former U.S. officials.
The Mexico suit was filed with the help of handgun prohibition group Brady (formerly Handgun Control, Inc.), and specifically longtime Brady counsel Jonathan Lowy. As the NRA pointed out at the time . . .
That Brady would ally itself with a foreign government that has become virtually synonymous with corruption proves just how detached the gun control movement has become from the values and traditions that define America.
Sadly, the anti-gun radicals at Brady weren’t the only Americans to collaborate with the Mexican regime. More than a dozen states and the District of Columbia filed an amicus brief supporting Mexico’s lawsuit. Those states included, Massachusetts, California, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, and Oregon.
Further, a separate amicus brief signed by more than two dozen district attorneys was filed in support of the Mexico lawsuit. Among the signees to that brief were some of the most anti-gun and soft-on-crime district attorneys in the country. The list included DAs Chesa Boudin (San Francisco), Kim Foxx (Cook County/Chicago), George Gascon (L.A. County), and Larry Krasner (Philadelphia).
Sanity prevailed on September 30, when U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV dismissed Mexico’s lawsuit in its entirety. In doing so, Saylor cited the PLCAA and rejected the plaintiffs’ bizarre Mexican law scheme, stating . . .
This Court does not have the authority to ignore an act of Congress. Nor is its proper role to devise stratagems to avoid statutory commands, even where the allegations of the complaint may evoke a sympathetic response.
Mexico has announced that they intend to appeal the decision.
Despite their Massachusetts defeat, on October 10 the Mexican government filed a second federal suit in Arizona against five U.S. gun dealers. Once again, the suit was filed with the assistance of Jonathan Lowy, this time working on behalf of the new Global Action on Gun Violence.
The Politico piece explained that the new group intends to target the firearm industry on behalf of foreign governments, noting . . .
The group, which has not yet formally launched, intends to represent foreign governments or others rallying against the gun industry in lobbying and litigation.
The piece went on to state . . .
Earlier this month, Global Action on Gun Violence quietly filed paperwork with the DOJ under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, with Lowy and Elizabeth Burke, who was also an attorney at Brady, registering as agents of Mexico.
Further, the group’s board is set to include former Brady Legal Action Project Director Dennis Henigan.
It’s one thing for the Mexican government to attempt to deflect from its own shortcomings by blaming its neighbor to the north for its considerable woes. It’s entirely another for American gun control advocates to become the agents of a foreign power as part of a campaign to undermine freedoms guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.
The NRA will be following further developments in this increasingly shameful episode and will continue working to ensure the businesses that make the robust exercise of Second Amendment rights possible don’t fall victim to foreign governments and their domestic collaborators.
This article originally appeared at NRAILA.org and is reprinted here with permission.
Somehow I think this may prove to be counterproductive for them in the long term.
ROFLOLOLOL
And shovels and shovel manufacturers are responsible for all the bodies thugs and cartel have buried over the years.
It is interesting that the chop-em-up-fine and leave them in bags disposal technique only became common AFTER the market in body parts became viable.
Hmmm, guess it makes it hard to see what is missing…
China may have some issues with that as well.
One of the businesses named in the suit is: Diamondback Police Supply Co., Tucson.
This is the same store where Sen. Mark Kelly ATTEMPTED to illegally purchase an AR15.
I’m sure this is a coincidence.
If they want to be foreign agents of Mexico, find a way to ‘deport’ their sorry butts to Mexico.
(yeah, I know this can’t be done. But still, acting as an agent for a foreign country with the express purpose of trying to influence American courts and undermine the constitution and law has got to be considered some type of ‘offense’ worthy of rebuke by the courts and U.S. Government especially after a court already said “Nope, not here”. Trying to create a new area of law I guess.)
“Open borders” means any motivated individual can truck their asses to Remain in Mexico.
Then coyote their butts to Mexico.
At least these folks are honest and comply with the law by registering as a foreign agent, unlike trumps Republican operatives.
Thanks to combat veteran Robert Mueller, we were able to bring some of these Republicans to Justice:
“After investigating Republican lobbyist Sam Patten, Mueller’s team handed the case to career prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney’s office in D.C. There, he pleaded guilty to failing to register as a lobbyist for Ukrainian clients while working with Kilimnik, helping a client get around restrictions on foreign donations in order to get tickets to Trump’s inauguration, and misleading congressional investigators.”
https://time.com/5556331/mueller-investigation-indictments-guilty-pleas/?amp=true
Funny thing about trust, once you abuse it enough nobody cares about what you have to say and somebody having things revealed to them in cryptic dreams is seen as more trustworthy and less misleading. But yes do cry wolf more we are totally listening.
So better to lie with the cartels than live next door to the rednecks. Enjoy your company, traitors. If the zapato fits…
I was about to say a few of them may not fit in the oil drums that some of the cartels use for horrific purposes but then I remembered machetes and chainsaws are not exactly uncommon in those groups.
Meh…some cartel members like to go full Hannibal Lecter. Or Velociraptor(?) feeding on a victim while they’re still alive.
https://www.the-sun.com/news/4686486/brutal-drug-cartels-eat-rivals-heart-mexico/
Not the worst that I have heard of/seen but well within the top 5.
According to Mexico, it’s all the fault of the Norte Americano gringroes.
And they are still griping about the states they lost. Perhaps the country should have been added to the union. It would have saved a lot of grief in the long run.
People like this, they have all these lofty ideas that what they are doing is right but its just an excuse, a facade, because in reality they would surrender the U.S. to Mexico if they could and in a way that’s what they are trying to do now.
Because to them they are not “Americans” but “Internationalists”.
Florida Jewelry Store Owner Shoots And Kills 2 Of 4 Armed Robbery Suspects > https://concealednation.org/2022/10/florida-jewelry-store-owner-shoots-and-kills-2-of-4-armed-robbery-suspects/
“Other store owners at the Magic Mall told FOX 35’s Connor Hansen this is why many of them are armed.
‘There’s a lot of concealed license carriers here. So if you come to the Magic Mall and you want to commit a crime, there’s a really good chance you’re gonna get shot.’ “
……..isn’t that basically Florida (also Georgia South and North Carolina all the way over to Utah/Arizona in general?
Yes, basically.
Good
F mexico and those traitor scum bags from brady. This is America mex laws mean nothing.
You want to be an agent for a foreign government fine. renounce your American citizenship and become a citizen of that country. We won’t miss your sorry ass
“You want to be an agent for a foreign government fine. renounce your American citizenship and become a citizen of that country“
Do you feel that same way about Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani?
“The letter lists four publicly reported accounts of Giuliani’s other interactions with foreign governments, including attending a pro-Russian conference in Armenia in October 2018; a meeting with the king of Bahrain in December 2018 that preceded the signing of a security consulting contract; and two appearances at conferences hosted by an Iranian group advocating regime change, MEK.
“These are just a handful of new and continued activities by Mr. Giuliani which appear to be paid by foreign entities and government with a desire to influence U.S. policy,” the senators wrote. “Like any other American, Mr. Giuliani has legal obligations to report his work on behalf of foreign clients, and the Department of Justice should not give him preferential treatment or exempt him from his obligation just because he is the president’s personal attorney.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1058686
Look everyone the current thing!
Brady group just found another revenue stream to exploit. Has nothing to do with actually winning. They just keep promising and the bucks keep coming.
“Has nothing to do with actually winning. They just keep promising and the bucks keep coming“
Donald Trump save America PAC:
PAC Summary Data, 2021-2022
Total Raised $107,106,271
Total Spent $45,995,419
Begin Cash on Hand $31,169,635
End Cash on Hand Receipts $92,280,487
Debts $15,000
Date of Last Report September 30, 2022
Enemies both foreign and domestic.
I always thought the anti-gun kooks were spies – note that it is official, lets hang them.
Treason charges in 3… 2… 1….
For lawfully registering as a foreign agent, as required by federal law?
So President Trump‘s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, worked for the Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian and Saudi Government, do you believe he should be indicted for treason?
“The letter lists four publicly reported accounts of Giuliani’s other interactions with foreign governments, including attending a pro-Russian conference in Armenia in October 2018; a meeting with the king of Bahrain in December 2018 that preceded the signing of a security consulting contract; and two appearances at conferences hosted by an Iranian group advocating regime change, MEK.“
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1058686
Sounds like you should get registered pronto.
Hey Mexico let’s go down this road. The us will sue you with this precedent for not keeping the distribution of heroin, weed, and cocaine, the manufacture and importation of meth and the flow of immigrants from coming into the US. come at us brah.
The first thing any us gun maker sued this way should do is subpoena the feds for the withheld fast and furious paperwork.
“In a classified study produced in 2018 but not previously reported, CIA analysts concluded that drug-trafficking groups had gained effective control over about 20 percent of Mexico, according to several current and former U.S. officials”
The 20% is the actual physical control, the Cartels practice effective control of nearly 80% of Mexico through their bought and paid for government and military members. The Republic of Mexico is a failed state and for all intent and purpose a “narco-state”.
The government is only there for appearances.
But the government, police, military, and the cartels are in open warfare against the people.
That’s one frickin huge terrorist organization. Time for some F35 airstrikes.
I don’t see any difference between this an American lawyer. And the other American lawyers who are working to protect illegal aliens, and who are working to facilitate illegal aliens crossing into the United States. They are both working for non-citizens non-americans.
There are either Libertarians liberals or left-wingers. They all support open borders. And they are all working to destroy the United States.
They have always hated people who love the United States like Donald Trump. The flag wavers. The America First crowd. They hate them all.
They hate the founding of this country. Because this country was founded by people who believed that the individual citizen had the right to keep and bear arms.
Treasonous behavior…why are these guys safe to walk the streets?…
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