International Law,
Government,
Civil Litigation
Mar. 3, 2022
An iron river of guns: Mexico versus the US gun industry
The gun cultures in the U.S. and Mexico could not be more different. U.S. citizens enjoy a robust constitutional right to gun ownership. There are an estimated 52,799 gun stores in the U.S., with 9,923 dealers in just the border states of Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas. In Mexico, there is one gun store — and it’s on an army base.
William Slomanson
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Email: bills@tjsl.edu
William Slomanson is also the author of California Procedure in a Nutshell (5th ed. 2014).
Mexico has sued multiple U.S. gun-industry defendants. The U.S.-based manufacturers have their principal places of business in a half-dozen states; most sell their guns via a Boston-area wholesaler for resale to dealers throughout the country. Two non-citizen defendants also named in the lawsuit are domiciled in Austria and Italy. Boston's federal district court will soon rule on the defendants' motion to dismiss the case. $95
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