• On August 4, the Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that a state law requiring individuals to have a permit to carry a handgun in public does not violate the Constitution
• This ruling comes after a man was charged with carrying a pistol without a permit in 2018 and argued that the permit law violated his Second Amendment rights

US gun manufacturers sued by the Mexican government 

• On August 4, distributors and gun manufacturers for the United States have been sued by the Mexican government and they argue that the commercial practices of the businesses have led to bloodshed in Mexico
• The Mexican government argues that the companies know that their practices contribute to the trafficking of guns to Mexico and facilitate it
• According to the Foreign Affairs Ministry, the government estimates that 70 percent of the weapons trafficked in Mexico come from the United States

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