Mexico, a country where drug cartels control entire regions and corruption runs rampant, has found a new scapegoat for its own failures—American gun manufacturers. Instead of cracking down on the cartels that terrorize its people and traffic drugs into the U.S., Mexico is dragging Smith & Wesson and other U.S. firearm companies before the Supreme Court, demanding a staggering $10 billion in damages for allegedly “arming the cartels.”
This case, first filed in 2021 under Biden’s weak leadership, was rightfully thrown out by a lower court in 2022—but thanks to activist judges at the First Circuit Court of Appeals, it’s now back in play. The Supreme Court is set to hear the case on Tuesday, and make no mistake: this is an all-out assault on American gun rights.
The audacity is breathtaking. In Mexico, civilian gun ownership is virtually outlawed, yet the cartels run wild, armed to the teeth. If Mexican leadership was serious about stopping cartel violence, they’d clean house—not blame American businesses for their complete inability to enforce law and order. But as always, Mexico would rather shift blame than take responsibility.
Second Amendment groups see through the charade. The National Rifle Association blasted Mexico’s legal stunt, calling it an attempt to bankrupt the American firearms industry and destroy Americans’ constitutional rights. The National Association for Gun Rights echoed this, pointing out that Mexico’s gun bans haven’t stopped cartel violence, and instead of fixing its own crime-infested system, it’s suing the U.S. to deflect blame.
This case has only escalated since President Trump returned to office in January. Unlike his predecessor, Trump isn’t playing Mexico’s games. He’s already declared the cartels as terrorist organizations, triggering hysterics from Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, who is now threatening to expand Mexico’s lawsuit against the U.S.
It’s no surprise that tensions are high—Trump has ended Biden’s border surrender, hit Mexico with trade penalties, and even renamed the Gulf of America, putting Mexico on notice that the days of American weakness are over. Meanwhile, Mexico is furious that Trump is exposing its failures, from unchecked cartel violence to its role in mass drug smuggling and human trafficking across our border.
Let’s be clear: this isn’t just an attack on gun makers—this is an attack on America itself. Mexico’s problems are not America’s problems, and we refuse to be financially extorted for its own domestic policy failures.
The Supreme Court should toss this lawsuit where it belongs—straight into the trash. If anyone should be suing, it’s America suing Mexico for the millions of illegal migrants, the fentanyl crisis, and the bloodshed their cartels have caused on U.S. soil.
