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."https://t.co/ybnXHCmjcF pic.twitter.com/0UtwZTQFOy
— Mr Producer (@RichSementa) July 29, 2025
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New York requires permits for purchasing and possessing handguns and semi-automatic rifles, enforces universal background checks, and has implemented the NY SAFE Act, which bans certain assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
The state also has a red flag law, prohibits open carry of handguns, and imposes strict concealed carry regulations, with additional restrictions in New York City. None of these stopped this madman.
As former spokesperson for the National Rifle Association, Dana Loesch, points out, the shooter's weapon was likely not legal, meaning the gun control laws implemented by anti-Second Amendment extremist lawmakers in New York did not work as intended.
This firearm isn't SAFE Act compliant thus already banned in New York.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) July 29, 2025
Yes, another g*n (the algo will bury me again) control law failed. https://t.co/dvluMMWwfP
While Kennedy stated he wasn't sure how to go about implementing "idiot control" to stop deranged shooters in America, he did hearken back to "stop and frisk" tactics that were extraordinarily successful when Rudy Giuliani was mayor of New York City.
“The other thing that, frankly, New York’s going to have to face, is the issue of whether we should bring back more aggressive stop and frisk, which is a perfectly legal law enforcement tactic,” suggested Kennedy.
Giuliani used ‘broken windows’ policing (enforcing penalties for minor crimes to deter major ones), and stop and frisk combined to make New York a city where tourists and residents felt safe during his tenure. When was the last time you felt safe heading into NYC?
President Trump earlier this year responded to a deadly shooting at Florida State University by reaffirming his commitment to the Second Amendment. In the process, the President pointed out that guns are not scary inanimate objects that fire on their own accord.
“I’m a big advocate of the Second Amendment,” Trump stated. “I have been from the beginning. I protected it. And these things are terrible. But the gun doesn’t do the shooting. The people do."
NEW: After latest mass shooting, Pres. Trump is asked if he would support any new gun control legislation
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) April 17, 2025
"The gun doesn't do the shooting, the people do," Trump said. "I have an obligation to protect the Second Amendment." pic.twitter.com/rnJ6q6suw1
The gun doesn't do the shooting. The criminal does. And a criminal hell bent on killing doesn't give a hoot about what laws are on the books.
Kennedy also addressed those left-wing pundits who will invariably feel sympathy for the shooter over any mental health issues he may have been experiencing at the time of his heinous attack. There are unconfirmed reports from CNN sources that the shooter left behind a note blaming his behavior on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
“I don’t want to hear anyone feeling sorry for this guy who did this,” the Louisiana senator said. “I believe there’s objective evil in this world, and we saw it today. I’m just sorry.”
Editor’s Note: The radical left will stop at nothing to enact their radical gun control agenda and strip us of our Second Amendment rights.
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