Apparently Franklin Graham and Richard Land know which way the wind's blowing on reform of our gun laws. Earlier today, they lent their support to universal background checks.
“As ministers, we agreed together that we could stand on a united front for universal background checks,” Graham told TIME, noting he had many conversations with civil rights leader Rev. Amos Brown on the subject. “We think that’s reasonable and responsible.”
Land wrote a letter to Obama in January on behalf of his organization pledging support to background check legislation, but his organization opposes the Assault Weapons Ban.
However, Graham
fils and Land appear to have conditioned their support for universal background checks on the White House pushing for curtailments on violence in movies and video games. Still, you have to give credit where credit is due, even if it's coming from two stopped clocks. At least they realize that the standard Second Amendment absolutist shibboleth about the gubmint taking away our guns is a bunch of hot air.