Category: Press Release

BREAKING: Co-counsel for Mexico reacts to Supreme Court decision in landmark gun case

Court: U.S. gun industry shield law immunizes gun manufacturers from liability for some aiding gun trafficking to Mexico, but leaves door open for future liability   Estados Unidos Mexicanos v. Smith & Wesson  June 5, 2025 (WASHINGTON) Today, in its first decision ever on gun industry liability, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. gun… Continue reading BREAKING: Co-counsel for Mexico reacts to Supreme Court decision in landmark gun case

U.S. Supreme Court to rule on gun industry liability for first time

Court to review Mexico’s landmark lawsuit against gun manufacturers: Estados Unidos Mexicanos v. Smith & Wesson  October 4, 2024 (WASHINGTON) Today, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will review an appeals court decision that allowed Mexico’s lawsuit against U.S. gun manufacturers to proceed. This will be the first time the Supreme Court has ever considered any issue… Continue reading U.S. Supreme Court to rule on gun industry liability for first time

Global Action on Gun Violence on U.S. v. Rahimi decision: “Second Amendment madness must end”

June 24, 2024 (WASHINGTON) On Friday, the Supreme Court of the United States, by an 8-1 vote, rejected a Second Amendment challenge to the federal law banning persons subject to a domestic violence restraining order from possessing firearms. In its amicus brief in U.S. v. Rahimi, GAGV was the only major gun violence prevention group to… Continue reading Global Action on Gun Violence on U.S. v. Rahimi decision: “Second Amendment madness must end”

Trial court allows Mexico’s lawsuit against gun dealers to proceed

First lawsuit by a sovereign nation against U.S. gun dealers is not barred by U.S. gun industry protection law March 25, 2024 (WASHINGTON) Today, a federal trial court in Arizona held that the Government of Mexico could proceed in its landmark anti-gun trafficking lawsuit against five gun dealers, denying the defendants’ motion to dismiss in most… Continue reading Trial court allows Mexico’s lawsuit against gun dealers to proceed

Landmark court decision allows Mexico’s unprecedented lawsuit against gun manufacturers to proceed

First Federal Appeals Court to allow liability under U.S. gun industry protection law January 22, 2024 (WASHINGTON) Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit became the first court to uphold the right of a sovereign country to sue the gun industry, and the first federal appeals court to allow gun manufacturers to… Continue reading Landmark court decision allows Mexico’s unprecedented lawsuit against gun manufacturers to proceed

GAGV testifies before international human rights tribunal on gun industry misconduct and weak U.S. gun laws

November 28, 2023 (San José, Costa Rica) Global Action on Gun Violence (GAGV) and the Civil and Human Rights Clinic (CHRL) at George Washington University Law School testified before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) today on irresponsible gun industry practices and weak U.S. gun laws that contribute to violence and human rights violations… Continue reading GAGV testifies before international human rights tribunal on gun industry misconduct and weak U.S. gun laws

Parkland mass shooting family Manny and Patricia Oliver and Global Action on Gun Violence sue U.S. in “Lawsuit for Survival”

First human rights suit to protect the Right to Live Free from Gunfire November 9, 2023 (WASHINGTON) Manny and Patricia Oliver, whose 17-year old son, Joaquin, was killed in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, today filed a first-of-its-kind human rights lawsuit against the U.S. government. The unprecedented… Continue reading Parkland mass shooting family Manny and Patricia Oliver and Global Action on Gun Violence sue U.S. in “Lawsuit for Survival”

Global Action on Gun Violence calls on Supreme Court to reverse extreme Second Amendment decisions

“The Court should follow the Framers, not the NRA” August 21, 2023 (WASHINGTON) With the Supreme Court considering another gun rights case next session, Global Action on Gun Violence (GAGV) has filed an amicus brief that launches a unique frontal attack on the Court’s extreme Second Amendment rulings. In its amicus brief in U.S. v.… Continue reading Global Action on Gun Violence calls on Supreme Court to reverse extreme Second Amendment decisions

Global Action on Gun Violence calls out human rights problems with U.S. gun industry and gun policy

Brief filed in the Inter-American Court for Human Rights August 21, 2023 (WASHINGTON) Global Action on Gun Violence (GAGV) and the GW Law School’s Civil and Human Rights Law Clinic today submitted a brief to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of the Organization of American States, in support of the Government of Mexico’s request… Continue reading Global Action on Gun Violence calls out human rights problems with U.S. gun industry and gun policy