Sean Payton spoke about about the lack of gun control in the United States just days after Will Smith was murdered in New Orleans.

“If this opinion in Louisiana is super unpopular,” Payton told USA TODAY Sports in a 33-minute phone conversation on Monday, his first interview since Will Smith’s death, “so be it.”

Smith was killed and his wife was wounded during an argument after a traffic accident.

“Two hundred years from now, they’re going to look back and say, ‘What was that madness about?’ “ Payton said. “The idea that we need them to fend off intruders … people are more apt to draw them (in other situations). That’s some silly stuff we’re hanging onto.”

The subject of gun control has been a major part of the United States' political dialogue since the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012.

“I’m not an extreme liberal,” Payton said. “I find myself leaning to the right on some issues. But on this issue, I can’t wrap my brain around it.”