Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) dismissed calls for more restrictive gun control laws after a shooting rampage in a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper Monday, where a gunman killed four people, including an NYPD officer, before taking his own life.

Kennedy’s comments, made during an appearance with Fox News personality Sean Hannity, directly addressed the sadly predictable chorus of left-wing calls for further gun control following a high-profile shooting. They never let a crisis go to waste, after all.

New York State has some of the strictest gun laws in the United States.

The Republican senator argued that America has enough gun laws and instead needs “idiot control” to address such violence.

“On Capitol Hill, probably beginning in the morning, there’ll be the inevitable call by some of my colleagues for more gun control laws,” Kennedy envisioned.

“We’ve got hundreds of gun control laws, Sean. Maybe thousands. We don’t need more gun control, we need more idiot control, and I don’t know exactly how to do that,” he lamented.

Sen John Kennedy: “We don’t need more gun control. We need more idiot control.” pic.twitter.com/0UtwZTQFOy

— Mr Producer (@RichSementa) July 29, 2025