BHB Impact submitted an amicus brief in support of Mexico on behalf of District Attorney offices across United States cities and counties. These areas are then devastated by the ensuing violence and crime directly resulting from guns sales by US gun manufacturers that target and impact Mexico. The crime and violence boomerangs right back up to the US. 

In a January 22, 2024 landmark First Circuit decision, the court held that US gun manufacturers knowingly sell guns to dealers that they know will violate gun sale laws and market to drug cartels. As indicated in the amicus brief, when you put assault weapons into commerce and in the hands of violent criminal gangs that operate across boarders, they will kill people, ‘ [The] Defendants have known this for a long time. They just don’t care.’ 

Important Documents:

• U.S Court of Appeals First Circuit Decision: Estados Unidos Mexicanos v. Smith & Wesson Brands Inc., et al (1st Cir. 2024) 

• BHB Amicus Brief on behalf of District Attorneys 

Media Coverage: The New York Times, CNN, Reuters, Axios, The New Yorker, and Democracy Now!