Mike Konczal writes, contrary to what I said earlier this week, that there’s “one last battle to be fought” on guns:
A friend on the hill forwarded me the following. Supported by the NRA, Rep John Boccieri (D-OH) is pushing to allow firearms to be exempt from bankruptcy: “In those states that allow a debtor to use federal exemption law, this provision would prevent a trustee from selling a debtor’s firearms to satisfy the claims of creditors.” This amendment would make it so someone going through bankruptcy can’t have their guns liquidated and sold to pay off their bills.
Konzcal suggest trading exempting firearms from bankruptcy for granting judges the ability to modify the terms of home loans in order to reduce strategic defaults–but hey, what’s homelessness when you’ve got guns? Anyway I’m on board, but if it’s anything like giving DC a vote in Congress they’d accept the offer then pull it away at the last minute.
Here’s my question: At what point is it violating Americans’ right to bear arms not to have firearms directly grafted onto our limbs in the womb, as the Framers surely intended?
