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Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Fox News on Monday to dismiss legislation aimed at preventing gun violence just hours after a gunman killed four people in an office building in New York City’s Midtown Manhattan neighborhood.
Kennedy told Fox News’ Sean Hannity that “all you can do in a time like this is be sorry” for the victims of the mass shooting before predicting that some of his colleagues will call for more gun control laws on Tuesday morning.
“We’ve got hundreds of gun control laws, Sean. Maybe thousands,” he said.
He later added, “We don’t need more gun control, we need more idiot control. And I don’t know exactly how to do that but I do know this — I don’t want to hear anyone feeling sorry for this guy who did this.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Kennedy entertained the return of a “more aggressive” version of the controversial “stop-and-frisk” policing strategy in New York City, one that was found unconstitutional in 2013 as evidence showed it was used to frequently target Black and Hispanic people.
Kennedy has been a gun control opponent and has received a 92% rating or higher from the National Rifle Association since his first successful Senate campaign in 2016, according to the nonprofit Vote Smart.
Monday’s slaughter in Midtown Manhattan joins the over 250 mass shootings in the U.S. in 2025, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
There have been 8,590 deaths due to gun violence in the U.S. so far this year and 15,704 injuries.
The motive of the gunman, who killed himself, remains unclear, officials said.
Critics on social media clowned the senator over his call to action.
The data shows that the USA has the worse problem with mass shooting. Does this mean we have the most idiots on the world too? https://t.co/wzx9dFG8V5
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You can’t control idiots, never will. That’s why gun control is the answer.
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