Benedito Gomes Barbosa Junior, better known as "Bene Barbosa", is a Brazilian public security activist and specialist. He is also president of the NGO Viva Brazil Movement. He was one of the leaders, during the 2005 referendum, in the defense of the vote against the disarmament statute, in addition to being the author, together with Flávio Quintela, of the bestseller "They Lied to Me About Disarmament". Bene Barbosa has also become one of the exponents in the defense of individual rights in Brazil, regarding the constitutional right of self-defense.