Buy today's standards, I guess Laissez Firearms would be considered a "Blog"
This really is a blast from the past, but in my early days of the internet I somehow stumbled across his site and got caught up with his entertaining writing style, social commentary, and firearms knowledge that I appreciated and kept track of him over a few years until the end.
The most unfortuneate thing is that he elected to take his own life back in July 2001. I corresponded with him a few times in regards to the articles he would write, but that was the extent of my contact with him. Nevertheless, when I learned of his demise...it was quite a shock.
The only reason I am posting this is that yesterday I went through my obscene number of internet bookmarks and cleaned house, so to speak, and I stumbled upon a link to his site which is mysteriously still up and active. All his articles still seem to be available.
As I have posted in the past in an attempt to draw attention to myself in an all to pathetic fashion, I've been around this board since its early inception of the AR15-L days, which I consider the sole reason I became interested in firearms, which I bring up only because as far as I know, Mark Penman never hung around "these parts" BUT any other long term members still here may have heard of him given the lack of firearms dedicated...or at least themed....sites back in the mid to late 1990's. I remember him to be an active participant in the rec.guns newsgroup....FWIW.
Here's the link....
www.jtk3.com/laissezfirearm/Anyone remember this guy?
Well, I do tend to run at the mouth, but I ran across the bookmark and thought I'd bring it up here.
I'm guessing at least a few people here remember him.