The decision, which is likely to be appealed, is one of the most significant setbacks for gunmakers since passage of a federal law nearly two decades ago that has provided immunity from lawsuits brought by the families of people killed and injured by their weapons.
In its appeal, lawyers for Mexico, assisted by U.S. gun control groups, claimed that the companies aided and abetted the knowingly unlawful downstream trafficking of their guns into Mexico.
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