<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.
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
RETURN TO: FEC HOME PAGE
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
Curious is right... and I've never heard of their range... Guess it's not open to the public...
ReplyDeleteIt's open to the public. The same public that the candidates the Marquez family support want to take guns away from. I have upset more than a few unaware shooters who mentioned to me their shooting at SEG. I don't hesitate to tell any law abiding gun owner I meet about the politicians whose pockets they are putting money into by shooting at SEG and I will NEVER, EVER set foot on their property. I'm actually glad to hear that they are doing poorly in the PMC market.
DeleteAs a friend of mine likes to say, "Culture eats best practices for lunch".
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing the Marquez family has voted (D) for generations, and they're telling themselves that they'll either (1) be among the elite, or (2) among the armed "only ones" that guard the elite. They've got theirs, and screw you.
The fact that the Left in America is allergic to the private ownership of firearms is a good news/bad news thing.
Good news: the hostility of the Left to private firearm ownership means relatively few Lefties own guns, and even fewer practice.
Bad news: Gun ownership is seen by large swaths of the electorate as a right-wing fetish instead of a civil right.
I could wish more of them thought like this guy:
http://www.thepolemicist.net/2013/01/the-rifle-on-wall-left-argument-for-gun.html
Then the argument would be "individual rights vs. government control" instead of "left vs right".
I agree with the above comment made by borderwalker. I have seen many gun dealers who sell guns in an illegal way, they don't give instructions, neither do they ask for the training a customer has. Such practices should be banned to prevent accidents related to firearms.
ReplyDeleteRegards,
Jacky
Firearms Safety Training MA
Thanks for posting this info. I live in northern Virginia and will avoid their place like the plague and tell all my shooting friends the reasons why.
ReplyDelete