Given the broad protections inserted in US law to satisfy the gun lobby, the suit faces a tough road in the US — not least because ultimately, the conservative Supreme Court majority is likely to lean against tighter gun control. | Analysis by StCollinson
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Normally, when the headlines blare about flows across the US-Mexico border, they concern desperate migrants and refugees heading north. But Mexico has now turned the tables and is seeking to halt the torrent of firearms heading south from the gun-toting United States to criminal gangs. The government is suing 11 manufacturers of firearms, alleging that they know their products are fueling vicious violence in Mexico but are doing too little to stop it. The suit also claims the firms are marketing their weapons to appeal to miscreants south of the border."Defendants design these guns to be easily modified to fire automatically and to be readily transferable on the criminal market in Mexico," the suit says.
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