Actor Josh Gad has called for "sensible" gun laws in the wake of Florida high school shooting incident which claimed the lives of 17.
The "Beauty and the Beast" actor took to Twitter to reveal friend's son died after getting injured in the attack on Wednesday.
"My grief for this family and the many others knows no bounds. I'm so sorry this happened. I'm so sorry our leaders are worthless. I'm so sorry we are bound to repeat this again," Gad said in a tweet.
The actor then posted a thread and promised to support anyone who challenges the politicians having "NRA money behind them".
"I have said everything I care to say about the massacre in FL. I have walked the halls of Stoneman Douglass. I directly know a person trying to pick up the shattered pieces of his life now. I call this community my own. I think all of us know in our hearts something is terribly wrong with the weekly rate of these incidents. I will not lecture any of you on what to believe of how to respond. I will only tell you what I am going to do," Gad tweeted.
"I am going to make it my life's goal to support and vote for every single person who challenges a politician with NRA money behind them. I am going to make sure that I read and educate myself as to why certain people refuse to do anything that resembles sensible gun laws and make sure they face early retirement," he added.
The shooting suspect, identified as Nicolas Cruz, has been taken into custody. The FBI is assisting local officials in the investigation.
Cruz, 19, was a former student of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where the shooting took place.
Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said Cruz got expelled from the school for disciplinary reasons.
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