LWRC acquired by Colt

Told ya so in November.

Interesting and kinda sad twist:  This development that has been in the works since last fall is now being attributed by F&D Defense as an effort by LWRC's owner and shareholders to avoid F&D's lawsuit.  A direct quote from F&D's front page of their web site.

LWRCI has moved to sale ownership of its company on the heels of revelations that F&D is the actual inventor of its flagship Intellectual Property which is incorporated into its M6-IC, M6-IC-SPR, M6A2, M6A2 SPR, M6-SL, PSD, M6.8-A2, M6.8-SPR, M6.8-UCIW, and REPR rifles, enabling its piston system to function properly.

F&D had a contentious relationship with the rest of the precision rifle world long before this little announcement.  Their staff would get on SnipersHide forums and honestly make the rest of the world run away from their products and company through their immature tone and willingness to not take the high road but rather to squabble in an adolescent fashion, usually after one of their rifles did not shoot that well as reported by an independent tester.  Most of their worst tiffs have been disappeared, no doubt related to the current lawsuit in which it's reported that the owner of F&D is representing himself.  

What could possibly go wrong?

MVM, Silver Eagle, and hypocrisy defined

  <This blog post was written using freely available public (via search engine) information>

  There's this company in Northern Virginia.  A company by the name of "MVM" that specialized (past tense) in providing armed security services to certain government agencies overseas.  After a few fallouts with their government clients, they have lost the bulk of their government PMC (Professional Military Contracting) security contracts that in essence, provided security to government personnel overseas in combat zones.

•    MVM Inc loses CIA contract after failing to provide enough security guards

•    MVM loses largest contract, son of founder removed from corporate website

•    MVM "officially" loses Scorpion and Panther programs

  So, the PMC market has its ups and downs.  The company that has this contract today won't tomorrow.  The sorry program manager that ran off all of the good people might not be employed in a year and so on.  In other words, companies lose contracts.  

  However.......  MVM is owned by a family.  The Marquez family (you'll see their names in the links above) and the company is headed by Dario Marquez.  This family has the oddest political leanings for a family that owns a PMC company (PMC companies and employees are routinely vilified by the left wing because as we all know, an honorable serviceman turns into a baby killer the moment he leaves the military and picks up a gun).  The family that owns a "shooting range" in Northern Virginia near DC (it's primary purpose  for being built was as a training facility for the PMC company) that is replete with suppressors ("silencers" in common slang), machine guns for rental, and a "shoot house" for urban warfare training routinely and always donates to Democratic candidates both in the local and national races.  In other words, they donate only to anti-gun candidates.  Odd, that.  Sort of......hypocritical from where I'm standing.

  Behold the donations below (from public websites, mainly opensecrets.org).  There's more details in this thread at AR15.com but I like to think I've summarized fairly well why their shooting range doesn't deserve your business.  These people aren't on the side of gun owners  They have a shooting range because it was a cover for their PMC business and their donations could very well end up funding the next politician to legislate new laws to take away the rights of American gun owners.

MARQUEZ, DARIO
OAKTON, VA 22124

HANLEY, KATE
VIA KATE HANLEY FOR CONGRESS
12/30/2003 -1140.00 24990276510

MARQUEZ, DARIO
OAKTON, VA 22124
MVM INC/PRESIDENT AND CEO

HANLEY, KATE
VIA KATE HANLEY FOR CONGRESS
06/10/2003 2000.00 25970140778

MARQUEZ, DARIO
VIENNA, VA 22182
MVM INC/OWNER

DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF VIRGINIA
06/09/2008 500.00 28932324497

MARQUEZ, DARIO JR.
VIENNA, VA 22182
MVM INC./PRESIDENT

BECERRA, XAVIER
VIA BECERRA FOR CONGRESS
11/08/2007 500.00 28990165570

MARQUEZ, DARIO O
VIENNA, VA 22182
MVM INC/CEO

CLINTON, HILLARY RODHAM
VIA HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT
01/31/2008 2300.00 28930684586

MARQUEZ, DARIO O JR
IR,

OBAMA, BARACK
VIA OBAMA FOR AMERICA
06/30/2007 1000.00 27990397138

MARQUEZ, DARIO O JR
OAKTON, VA 22124
MVM INC

SANCHEZ, LORETTA
VIA COMMITTEE TO RE-ELECT LORETTA SANCHEZ
09/19/1997 250.00 98032813409
09/26/1997 750.00 98032813409

MARQUEZ, DARIO O.
OAKTON, VA 22124
MVM INC./EXECUTIVE

MORELLA, CONSTANCE A
VIA CONNIE MORELLA FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE
05/03/2002 300.00 22991303760

MARQUEZ, DARIO O. JR.
MCLEAN, VA 22102
MVM, INC./SECURITY SERVICES

CONNOLLY, GERRY
VIA GERRY CONNOLLY FOR CONGRESS
07/29/2008 1200.00 28992613196
07/31/2008 1100.00 28992613175

MARQUEZ, DARIO O. JR.
VIENNA, VA 22182
MVM, INC./SECURITY SERVICES

CONNOLLY, GERRY
VIA GERRY CONNOLLY FOR CONGRESS
01/28/2008 2300.00 28931156406

MARQUEZ, DARIO O. MR. JR.
OAKTON, VA 22124
MVM INC./BUSINESS OWNER

FEDERAL VICTORY FUND
09/30/2002 5000.00 22992002662
08/09/2005 5000.00 26990086008

Total Contributions: 21060.00

TRY A: NEW QUERY
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Here is the current president of SEG

Contributions to Political Committees

MARQUEZ, SCOTT
HERNDON, VA 20171

CLINTON, HILLARY RODHAM
VIA HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT
05/12/2008 400.00 28932062072

MARQUEZ, SCOTT
HERNDON, VA 20171
MVM, INC./SECURITY SERVICES

CONNOLLY, GERRY
VIA GERRY CONNOLLY FOR CONGRESS
01/28/2008 2300.00 28931156440
07/31/2008 1000.00 28992613191

Total Contributions: 3700.00 

MARQUEZ, DARIO O JR
MCLEAN,VA 22102 MVM INC. 3/15/2013 $1,000 Connolly, Gerry

MARQUEZ, DARIO O JR
MCLEAN,VA 22102 MVM INC. 9/10/2013 $1,000 Connolly, Gerry

MARQUEZ, DARIO O JR
MCLEAN,VA 22102 MVM INC 5/9/2013 $1,000 Kaine, Tim

MARQUEZ, DARIO O JR
ASHBURN,VA 20147 MVM 9/17/2013 $1,000 Moran, Jim