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From: danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Smith & Wesson Brands v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 16:13:13 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
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In <vqch2l$31qnb$1@dont-email.me> "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> writes:
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>The second problem with the lawsuit is Mexico's allegation of willful
>misconduct in distribution, that S&W had knowledge of which avenues of
>distribution were leading to illegal export.

>The problem here seems to be lack of evidence. Forgive me, but Mexico
>never found the "smoking gun" document as arms manufacturers keep
>themselves well insulated from ultimate users of their products.

per the summary I heard on, maybe NPR?, Mexico is alleging
the gun manufacturers kept selling through dealers that
had numerous ATF and other citations against them.

(which brings up that other whole issue).

We'll see...




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