Supreme Court gravitates toward gun industry in bid to end Mexico lawsuit

The Supreme Court gravitated toward the American firearm manufacture Tuesday successful its combat to extremity a $10 cardinal suit brought by the Mexican authorities implicit claims the gunmakers are fueling cartel violence. The lawsuit has go a large conflict implicit the scope of the Protection of Lawful Commerce successful Arms Act (PLCAA), which has provided wide immunity to gunmakers for 2 decades contempt weapon power activists’ effort to repeal it. At oral arguments Tuesday, the justices posed piercing questions to Mexico’s lawyer astir claims the country’s suit falls nether an objection to the 2005 law, raising concerns that accepting that presumption would origin a flood of litigation against the weapon industry.