TFA joins amicus brief to United States Supreme Court supporting Smith and Wesson appeal

On December 3, 2024, Tennessee Firearms Association and Tennessee Firearms Foundation joined Gun Owners of America, Inc., and several others in an amicus brief that was filed in the United States Supreme Court in the appeal by Smith and Wesson in a case filed by the country of Mexico against Smith and Wesson.

The appeal arises in a civil action where the country of Mexico filed suit in Massachusetts against seven
manufacturers of firearms and one company that distributes firearms from manufacturers to FFLs that
in turn sell firearms to consumers across the nation. The district court applied the provisions of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act to reject Mexico’s claims. Mexico appealed to the First Circuit and claimed that these manufacturers and the distributor “aided and abetted” crimes that were committed by Mexican drug cartels but somehow aiding the trafficking of firearms to these cartels. The First Circuit Court of Appeals sided with Mexico and reversed the trial court. Smith and Wesson, and others, appealed.

The amicus brief opposes the decision of the First Circuit Court of Appeals and asks the Supreme Court to dismiss Mexico’s lawsuit.

Tennessee Firearms Association and the Tennessee Firearms Foundation (a 501(c)(3) recognized charity organization) have increasingly engaged to protect the rights of Tennesseans, as protected by the Second Amendment, from government infringements and abuses such as reflected in the First Circuit’s opinion and the attempts by Mexico (probably in cooperation with gun control advocates in the United States) to destroy the Second Amendment Supply Chain. If you can and are willing to financially support TFA’s and TFF’s litigation programs, we need your financial support because each one of theses cases represents a significant investment of time and money. You can join TFA, if you are a TFA member you can make supplemental member donations and/or you may consider making tax deductible contributions to the TFF all of which help to support this work.