You Can't Spell Hypocrisy Without CCRKBA

This press release from the The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) is completely absurd. Obviously, they are not seeing the trees through the forest. CCRKBA is complaining that CNN's report on how a terrorist could use .50-caliber weapons is "sensational" and "The CNN report comes awfully close to being an attempt by a news organization to encourage an incident, just so CNN can later say 'We warned you'" is one of the most laughable arguments in recent history (the last being "it was a historical document"). Don't you kind of wish CNN had done a report on how terrorists could use passenger planes as weapons against us prior to 9/11... Maybe then someone would have perked up in the Bush administration and finally have a 'Counter terrorism meeting' of substance. I want people out there lighting the fire under the bureaucrats butts, not stifling their words.

And I also find it funny that CCRKBA criticizes CNN's words (1st Amendment) and says nothing about the actual guns (2nd Amendment). Lets not forget that it is the 1st Amendment that protects the 2nd Amendment. CCRKBA's press release (1st amendment) criticized CNN (1st Amendment). CCRKBA is a citizen group (1st Amendment) who lobbies congress (1st Amendment) to be able to keep guns.

Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Blasts CNN Report Alerting Terrorists How to Obtain .50 Cal. Rifles

BELLEVUE, Wash., Feb. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) today condemned a sensational report on CNN that not only alerts potential terrorists on possible misuses of .50-caliber sporting rifles, but also literally provides a "road map" on how to obtain one of these cumbersome and very expensive firearms.

"In yet another media attempt to demonize a particular firearm, which CNN's own reporter, Drew Griffin, acknowledged has 'really never been used domestically in a criminal event,' this outrageous report still suggests to potential terrorists how such a gun might be put to criminal use," said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb.

CCRKBA executive director Joe Waldron agreed, noting, "The CNN report comes awfully close to being an attempt by a news organization to encourage an incident, just so CNN can later say 'We warned you'. This sort of journalism belongs right down there with the CBS debacle over the manufactured documents regarding allegations about President Bush (news - web sites)'s service in the Texas Air National Guard. With so-called 'news' like this on the nation's airwaves, it is no wonder that the American public no longer trusts the media, and believes the press has a political agenda."

The CNN report focused on what might happen to a commercial jet aircraft if a terrorist fired at it with a .50-caliber rifle.

"Essentially, CNN's Griffin and anchor Paula Zahn have literally told would-be terrorists, 'See what you might do with one of these firearms'?" Gottlieb observed. "Naturally, if such an incident occurs, CNN will quickly blame everyone but themselves. That's not simply disingenuous, it's despicable. Of course, CNN isn't the only news agency guilty of planting this seed of an idea in the mind of some lunatic. CBS' '60 Minutes' did the same thing, and they're all hoping to one day harvest a bumper crop of sensational stories about some airplane that comes under fire."

"If the press handed out awards for irresponsible journalism," Waldron suggested, "CNN would certainly be in the running. Their own report admits these clumsy recreational firearms have not been a problem. Not satisfied with that, it appears CNN isn't just reporting news, it's trying to invent news, and in this case, that news could have tragic consequences. That's Jayson Blair journalism at its worst. CNN ought to be ashamed, but it's doubtful they know the definition of that word."

With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is one of the nation's premier gun rights organizations. As a non-profit organization, the Citizens Committee is dedicated to preserving firearms freedoms through active lobbying of elected officials and facilitating grass-roots organization of gun rights activists in local communities throughout the United States.