FILE PHOTO: Attendees inspect Smith & Wesson firearms at the National Rifle Association's (NRA) annual meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S., April 28, 2019. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston/File Photo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday in a bid by two American gun companies to throw out the Mexican government's lawsuit accusing them of aiding illegal firearms trafficking to drug cartels and fueling gun violence in the southern neighbor of the United States.
U.S. firearms maker Smith & Wesson and distributor Interstate Arms have appealed a lower court's ruling that the lawsuit could proceed on the grounds that Mexico has plausibly alleged that the companies aided and abetted illegal gun sales, harming the Mexican government. The arguments were ongoing.
