[1/2] A woman holds a Smith and Wesson handgun at the National Rifle Association's (NRA) annual meeting, in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S., April 28, 2019.
REUTERS/Bryan Woolston/File PhotoBOSTON, July 24 (Reuters) - The Mexican government on Monday urged a U.S. appeals court to revive a $10 billion lawsuit seeking to hold U.S. gun manufacturers responsible for facilitating the trafficking of weapons to drug cartels across the U.S.-Mexico border.
Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston questioned whether a lower-court judge wrongly concluded that a U.S. law barred Mexico from suing Smith & Wesson Brands (SWBI.O), Sturm, Ruger & Co (RGR.N) and others.
"What we want is an injunction to make these defendants start paying attention to their distribution systems," he said.
"You have licensed manufacturers that sell to licensed distributors that sell to licensed retailers that sell to individuals who satisfy the requirements of federal law, but some of them happen to be straw purchasers," he said.
Persons:
Smith, Bryan Woolston, Sturm, Steve Shadowen, Noel Francisco, William Kayatta, Kayatta, Nate Raymond, Bill Berkrot
Organizations:
Wesson, REUTERS, BOSTON, 1st U.S, Circuit, Wesson Brands, Ruger, Co, Beretta USA, Barrett Firearms Manufacturing, Colt's Manufacturing, Glock Inc, Smith & Wesson, Thomson
Locations:
Indianapolis , Indiana, U.S, Mexico, Boston, United States