The school shooting Tuesday in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 14 children and one teacher dead, prompted a swift response on social media from public officials in Massachusetts, who expressed horror, sadness, and frustration at the nation’s lack of gun control measures.
Members of the state’s congressional delegation, Boston city councilors, and other Massachusetts officials spoke out on Twitter and elsewhere about the Texas tragedy and the litany of mass shootings that have preceded it, each one followed by calls for change that has not come.
Senator Ed Markey said he was “horrified by news of another mass shooting and my heart breaks for the families of the young children and teacher killed in Uvalde.