California and other blue states are siding with the Mexican government in its lawsuit against U.S. gun makers like Smith & Wesson, in which Mexico argues the companies are responsible for gun violence south of the border.

Mexico’s lawsuit claims that gun manufacturers are liable for gun violence, and a filing from California and other states say they agree that the companies are “fully aware that their firearms were being trafficked into the country and that the companies — not a third party — knowingly violated laws applicable to the sale or marketing of firearms.”

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