Madonna sheds a tear as she demands gun reform and safety laws in the wake of Texas school shooting

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Madonna shared a haunting video with impassioned lengthy caption as the emotional backlash following the latest mass shooting in the U.S.

is growing at a fever pitch.One day after18-year-old Salvador Ramos went on a rampage and opened fire at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, the 63-year-old pop megastar is the latest high-profile person to speak out against gun violence and in favor of more gun safety laws.Before being taken down and killed by law enforcement, the lone gunman shot andkilled 19 young children, two teachers and wounded 17 others, in what's the third-deadliest school shooting in the U.S.after the massacres at Virginia Tech in 2007 andSandy Hook Elementary in 2012.

Change needed now: Madonna, 63, took to her social media platforms and expressed her anguish and anger over the Texas school shooting and demanded improved gun safety laws'I cannot imagine the heartache and heartbreak the parents of these 19 Children must feel,' the Like A Prayer star began in her lengthy caption, alongside a clip of her tearing up in her music video for God Control, which is off herMadame X album (2019).'I have children in elementary school and if they did not come home from school one day I don’t think I could survive.' With six children in all, Madonna (born Madonna Louise Ciccone) has nine-year-old adopted twins Stella and Estere, as well as 16-year olds Mercy and David, whom she also adopted.She also has a daughter Lourdes, 25, who she shares with ex-Carlos Leon, and a son Rocco, 21, from her marriage to ex-husband Guy Ritchie.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Madonna (@madonna) Empathetic: The Like A Prayer star revealed she has children who are elementary school age, and that she didn't know if she could.