A coalition of 20 Republican attorneys general has filed a friend of the court brief with the First Circuit Court of Appeals urging a three-judge panel to uphold a district court decision that tossed out a lawsuit filed by the Mexican government against U.S. gun makers blaming them for cartel violence.
In his decision, U.S. District Judge Dennis Saylor rejected the claims by Mexican officials and U.S. gun control advocates, opining instead that the real cause of cartel violence are the cartels themselves.
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A coalition of 20 Republican attorneys general has filed a friend of the court brief with the First Circuit Court of Appeals urging a three-judge panel to uphold a district court decision that tossed out a lawsuit filed by the Mexican government against U.S. gun makers blaming them for cartel violence.
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In his decision, U.S. District Judge Dennis Saylor rejected the claims by Mexican officials and U.S. gun control advocates, opining instead that the real cause of cartel violence are the cartels themselves.
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