U.S. States, Caribbean Nations Back Appeal In Arms Lawsuit

USA – Sixteen U.S. states expressing support for Mexico’s appeal in a civil lawsuit against U.S. gun manufacturers. This as and a handful of Caribbean governments including The Bahamas are backing the same suit.

Mexico said last week it had filed an appeal in a $10 billion lawsuit seeking to hold U.S. Gun makers responsible for facilitating the trafficking of deadly weapons across the border.

A U.S. judge dismissed the lawsuit in September, citing a U.S. law that protects arms manufactures from being held liable for crimes committed with their products.