While I would’ve preferred the federal government to take swift action on an assault weapons ban and so forth, I like this idea from David Frum:
The second step that might be taken — again without the need for any congressional vote — is for the Senate to convene hearings into the practices of the gun industry analogous to those it convened into the tobacco industry in the 1990s.
This is clearly going to be a lengthy effort, but it’s worth remaining tenacious. And if we can borrow some lessons from the Republicans at the state level, too, I think we’ll eventually arrive at some serious hits against the gun culture.