Group That Pushed Mexico Into Lawsuit Against Gun Makers at It Again

Mexico's ill-fated lawsuit against the gun industry was a case of knowing what was inevitable. There was no world where the Supreme Court, especially this one, would allow a lawsuit to proceed against the industry despite the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. I didn't expect the 9-0 decision, but it was clear-cut.

Well, the "brains" behind that — I use that term very, very loosely here — are at it again.

This time, it seems they're trying to goad Canada into filing a lawsuit as well, one just as doomed as Mexico's was.

A new report from Global Action on Gun Violence lays the groundwork for a greater understanding of the cross-border gun trafficking crisis, the harm this phenomenon causes, and recommendations for decreasing this trafficking pipeline.

Jonathan Lowy, founder and president of Global Action on Gun Violence  (GAGV) asserts, "The U.S. gun violence epidemic is causing a regional and global pandemic.  This data confirms that overwhelming majorities of crime guns in Canada and the Caribbean flow directly from U.S. gun shops, as a result of reckless gun industry practices enabled by weak U.S. laws.  GAGV is committed to stopping this crime gun pipeline at the most effective point — the gun industry source.

Gun trafficking is one of the world's greatest threats to public safety, and the United States is the most prolific source of gun trafficking. Guns are brought illicitly from weak gun law states to stronger gun law states and from the U.S. to other nations with far more stringent gun laws.  The result fuels death rates in the United States that are 20 times higher than in comparable countries, contributes to nations in the Americas having the highest death rates in the world, and enables organized crime, gun trafficking, human trafficking, and a host of other public health, human rights and other societal harms.

Now, Canada has a problem compared to its usually low crime rate, and this despite a plethora of gun control laws on the books, but I fail to see how this is our fault.

After all, it's already illegal to traffic guns outside of the United States without appropriate approval, and so whoever is trafficking guns is breaking the laws of both nations.

But we already see some...interesting use of numbers here.

One of the supposed key findings of the report said, "84.6% of crime guns in Canada are from the U.S."

Interesting, sure, but it's also kind of BS. Cam wrote about this back in June, and most of the so-called crime guns weren't from the United States. While it's possible that there's been some new data, I think it's also worth noting that this claim is supposedly based on ATF tracing data. However, wouldn't the Canadian authorities check their own databases first? Why outsource tracing to the U.S. when you've got the Royal Canadian Mounted Police that should, ostensibly, be able to at least trace guns domestically? Then, if they're not in domestic databases, ask the ATF for help.

That didn't make it in Lowy's so-called report.

What did, though? Well, I'm glad you asked.

Recommendations

• Legal and policy reforms, at the federal and state level, can make a difference, as can litigation brought in and outside of the U.S. against negligent gun industry companies who facilitate gun trafficking.

• Policies and industry reforms to reduce the supply of crime guns at the source. Federal reforms should include universal background checks, buyer licensing or individualized vetting, stronger scrutiny of bulk and repeat sales, better dealer oversight, mandatory tracing, and repeal of legal barriers that shield the gun industry from accountability.

• Similar reforms at the state level should prioritize Ohio because of its outsized role. Strategic litigation, as well as enhanced cross-border enforcement on firearms trafficking into Canada.

That's right, everything on that list is part of the anti-gun wishlist. Conveniently.

Lowy knows that an entire country suing the gun industry would likely bankrupt it, even if the industry ultimately won. That's the point. It's a case of the process being the punishment. He likely knows good and well that these companies have done nothing wrong. If nothing else, the questions asked by the Supreme Court should have made it clear that the manufacturers don't know who the bad actors are, and they sell to distributors anyway, at least in most gun transactions.

It's not about facts, though. It's about completely disrupting the Second Amendment. That's the goal, and it really has nothing to do with violence in other countries.

Editor’s Note: The radical Left will stop at nothing to enact their extreme gun control agenda and strip us of our Second Amendment rights.

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