In the immediate hours after at least four people were fatally shot, including an off-duty police officer, after a man carrying a long gun opened fire in Manhattan, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle began taking familiar sides in the gun control debate.

Louisiana Republican Senator John Kennedy advocates for ‘idiot control’ instead of gun control after a gunman killed four in a Manhattan skyscraper — a reaction that has infuriated some social media users.

Louisiana Republican Sen. John Kennedy commented on the quadruple murder at a New York City high-rise office building on Monday. "We don't need more gun control. We need more idiot control," Kennedy told FNC's Sean Hannity.