The
gruesome
shooting
at
a
Texas
elementary
school
evoked
reactions
from
film
personalities
across
the
globe
with
Selena
Gomez,
Taylor
Swift,
Priyanka
Chopra
Jonas
and
R
Madhavan
urging
the
US
government
to
find
a
solution
to
end
rampant
gun
violence
in
the
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An
18-year-old
gunman
in
body
armour
massacred
at
least
21
people,
including
19
children
and
two
adults
at
an
elementary
school
in
Texas
state.
The
youth
opened
fire
at
Robb
Elementary
School
in
Uvalde
town,
Texas,
134
km
from
San
Antonio,
at
about
11.30
am
on
Tuesday
before
he
was
killed
by
law
enforcement,
officials
said.

Expressing
her
anger
over
the
massacre,
Gomez,
who
is
a
Texas
native,
asked
if
children
were
not
safe
at
school,
where
were
they
safe.
“Today
in
my
home
state
of
Texas
18
innocent
students
were
killed
while
simply
trying
to
get
an
education.
A
teacher
killed
doing
her
job;
an
invaluable
yet
sadly
under
appreciated
job…
”
she
tweeted.

There
was
a
need
to
change
the
laws
to
prevent
such
shootings
in
the
future,
the
singer-actor
added.
“It’s
so
frustrating
and
I’m
not
sure
what
to
say
anymore.
Those
in
power
need
to
stop
giving
lip
service
and
actually
change
the
laws
to
prevent
these
shootings
in
the
future,”
she
said
as
she
shared
the
page
link
of
Everytown,
which
aims
to
promote
gun
safety
and
build
safety
in
communities.

Swift
said
she
was
filled
with
rage
and
grief
over
yet
another
shooting
incident
in
the
US.
According
to
the
non-profit
organisation
Gun
Violence
Archive,
there
have
so
far
been
at
least
212
mass
shootings
in
the
US
in
2022.
“Filled
with
rage
and
grief,
and
so
broken
by
the
murders
in
Uvalde.
By
Buffalo,
Laguna
Woods
and
so
many
others.
By
the
ways
in
which
we,
as
a
nation,
have
become
conditioned
to
unfathomable
and
unbearable
heartbreak.
Steve’s
words
ring
so
true
and
cut
so
deep,”
the
singer-songwriter
wrote
while
commenting
on
a
video
clip
of
Steve
Kerr,
former
player
and
basketball
coach,
as
he
expressed
his
anger
about
the
shootings.

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Priyanka
shared
a
news
clipping
of
the
shooting
on
her
Instagram
Stories
and
wrote,
“Condolences
are
not
enough.
There
needs
to
be
more
done.
So
tragic.”

“Really
heartbreaking
and
heart
wrenching.
There
has
to
be
an
obvious
solution
to
this,”
Madhavan
wrote
on
Twitter.

Calling
the
shooting
episode
“horrific”
and
“tragic”,
actor
Swara
Bhasker
questioned
why
no
amendment
has
been
made
to
the
US
gun
laws
despite
occurrence
of
similar
incidents
in
the
past.

“What
the
hell
is
going
on
in
the
USA?!!
This
is
horrific
and
tragic!
Seems
entirely
avoidable
too
..
why
are
gun
laws
not
changing
in
the
USA?
14
children
dead
in
a
school
&
only
10
days
after
the
#Buffalo
shooting.
My
heart
goes
out
to
the
parents
&
families,”
she
tweeted.

Richa
Chadha
said
her
heart
goes
to
the
families
of
the
children,
who
have
been
killed.
“America,
where
one
half
of
the
population
believes
guns
don’t
kill
people
and
the
other
half
constantly
worries
if
they’re
sending
their
kids
to
school
to
die.
Heart
goes
out
to
the
families
of
these
children,”
the
actor
wrote
as
she
commented
on
a
story
about
the
death
of
a
ten-year-old
boy
in
the
incident.

Describing
the
US
as
“a
broken
nation”
with
misplaced
priorities,
music
composer
Vishal
Dadlani
tweeted,
“America.
Where
unborn
foetuses
are
forced
into
the
world
to
be
shot
down
in
elementary
schools,
yet
‘gun
control’ is
a
bad
word…”

According
to
a
new
legislation
signed
by
Florida
Governor
Ron
DeSantis,
most
abortions
after
15
weeks
will
be
banned
in
the
American
state.
The
shooting
in
Texas
came
less
than
two
weeks
after
a
gunman
opened
fire
at
a
supermarket
in
Buffalo,
New
York,
killing
10
Black
shoppers
and
workers
in
what
officials
have
described
as
a
hate
crime.