« on: November 30, 2013, 03:08:47 PM »
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2013/11/mark_benenson_p.php From David Hardy (Arms and the law) :
I was just notified that Mark died on Wednesday. I remember when I began writing on 2A and related topics, back in '74, and I came across his article on why gun control doesn't reduce crime. It was amazing to be able to get an article like that, which impeached the "universally-accepted truth" into a law review.
Mark was for a time the head of the American branch of Amnesty International. He told me that when AI's leadership found out that their American head was an NRA member and had published in opposition to gun control, they tried to set up a rival American branch, without success.
If you did not know who he was, start with his obituary
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=mark-k-benenson&pid=168244390 .
A loss for all.
stay safe.
If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege.
Hey you kids!! Get off my lawn!!!
They keep making this eternal vigilance thing harder and harder. Protecting the 2nd amendment is like playing PACMAN - there's no pause button so you can go to the bathroom.
