In the wake of yet another massacre there is now clamor for a "national conversation" on gun safety or violence. This is ridiculous. It is not time for a conversation. It is time for something to actually be done. There needs to be an assault riffle ban, a psychiatric evaluation before guns can be purchased, and a reversal of these ludicrous laws permitting guns to be carried (either concealed or in the open) in public places.
This is the bare minimum that should be done. These are things which I am sure the greater majority of Americans agree on. The conversation is done. When one side of a disagreement is intransigent (and crazy) you can not have a conversation with them. We have laws against people smoking in public places it's time to bring a little sanity back to guns.