More on Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act

Seems that the CCRKBA are miffed at a WaPo editorial. Can't blame them really.

The Washington Post editorial board is staffed with world-class hypocrites who demand a federal shield law for journalists, while at the same time condemn the idea of legislation that would shield law-abiding firearms manufacturers from junk lawsuits, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) said today.

In a Tuesday editorial, the Washington Post whined that the proposed Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act would provide an "unfair and irrational special-interest shield from civil justice."

"Many American citizens, and at least one federal grand jury, might argue that a shield law to protect reporters from disclosing sources, even in criminal investigations, is also an unfair and irrational shield for a special-interest, in this case, the press," observed CCRKBA Chairman Alan M. Gottlieb. "Yet the Washington Post recently editorialized that 'Almost all states recognize some form of privilege for reporters.' It clearly appears that the Washington Post is quite comfortable with a special privilege for the media industry that it does not care to share with the firearms industry.

Hypocrites? I guess they have a point.