Guns Save Lives – by Dan Cannon
It’s rare to sue a federal agency and win statistically speaking. It’s even rarer to win a multi-million dollar settlement from said lawsuit.
However, that’s exactly what Liberty ammunition has done. The ammo maker, which specialized in lead free ammo, sued the Department of Defense for patent infringement in 2011 and just got a massive payday from the suit.
According to local media reports:
Liberty Ammunition filed suit against the Department of Defense in 2011, claiming that the Department of the Army used Liberty’s trade secrets to produce “enhanced performance rounds” for military rifles that were nearly identical to a bullet Liberty patented. The Army has been using lead-free bullets for several years produced by other manufacturers working under military contract.
U.S. Federal Court of Claims Judge Charles F. Lettow filed a decision Dec. 19 in which he found the federal government had infringed on Liberty’s patent for its copper-core, steel-tipped ammunition. Lettow ordered the government to pay two levels of damages, the first being a $15.6 million lump payment.
The government was also ordered to pay a 1.4-cent royalty on every bullet it purchases and receives for use. It will make those payments until Liberty’s patent expires in 2027.
Too bad it’s ultimately taxpayer money which will be used to pay out the money owed.
May we expect an IRS audit of Liberty in the near future in which Liberty will have to pay back the value of the settlement plus?
again
WE the People are getting sued..
not the fools who are the real guilty party,, this shit has got to end.. or its going to end us quick
Are they zio owned???
I see they are leading the charge for “lead free” ammo.
P J Marx (obvious) and Matthew Phillips (not a common joo name but commonly adopted by British joos, as per some googlin.)
Hmmm…..
We don’t have any real say in what they do but they sure as hell let us pay for it all. How anyone can’t see the criminal syndicate called the federal government is really trying to remain blind. The only real question is how to stop it and the 2nd amendment does mention a way to do just that. Of course the citizens have listened to the MSM while a police state has been built around them for the protection of those very criminal.Still think this is going to be corrected at a voting booth?