The new lawsuit filed by the government of Mexico (with the help of Brady legal counsel Jonathan Lowy) accusing the firearms industry of knowingly causing cartel violence south of the border involves most of the major manufacturers in the U.S., including Glock, Smith & Wesson, Sturm Ruger, and Beretta. One big name in the industry that’s not a part of the new litigation is Sig Sauer, and while we don’t know for sure why the Mexican government didn’t name them as a defendant, it sure looks like the fact that Mexico’s planning on spending millions of dollars on the company’s products has something to do with it.
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