Mark Benenson, Mark K. Benenson, Mark Keith Benenson...

http://www.rkba.org/research/macdowall/vrg.jan95.nffe

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Mark K. Benenson was successively general secretary,
chairman, vice-chairman of, and counsel to, the United
States brance of Amnesty International, 1966-1980. The
organization won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1977.

Looks like he wrote quite a bit for the NY Times (archived letters).

Xela


--- On Wed 04/04, Xela < julcaesar@... > wrote:
From: Xela [mailto: julcaesar@...]
To: guntotingliberals@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 12:22:29 -0400
Subject: Re: [guntotingliberals] Book Review: Restricting Handguns: The
liberal skeptics speaks out

Thanks Jason, noted.<br><br>From the review, it's interesting to notice they
mention Amnesty International. Which sounds like they supported the right of
self defense back when the book was published in 1979.<br><br>Maybe about the
time Mark Benenson was head of AI/USA.<br><br>Check out this clip from the NRA,
he gives a brief appearance:<br>Attorney Mark Benenson, former chairman Amnesty
International USA. Life member of
NRA.<br>http://www.nraila.org/news/Multimedia/Player.aspx?ID=19<br><br>As most
of us know, AI now sides with IANSA.<br><br>Strange how the world
changes...<br><br>Xela<br><br>_______________________________________________<br\
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