Stevie Nicks has shared an emotional statment regarding gun control, in which she calls on lawmakers to "make it really hard" for people to buy guns.

The statement comes after lask week's devastating mass shouting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.

On Tuesday, May 24, an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School, in which he fatally shot nineteen students, two teachers, and wounded seventeen other people.

She wrote: “When those guns go into the hands of obviously disturbed people, it gives them a sense of unbelievable power that they have never felt before. Power, used in a bad way, is the opposite of ‘power’ used in a good way. Once people have felt the power of those guns, they are never the same. They are addicted. And then there is no turning back. So don’t give them that power. Make it really hard for them to get that gun.”

Nicks added: “No one is trying to take away guns from people who get them for a good reason. Guns are not toys. Background checks are not that hard.

“Do you want to go down in the history books as being responsible for these school shootings that will inevitably continue, or do you want to be remembered as the people who finally gathered together in unity and empathy — as the people who stopped it,” she added in the strong and influential statement, which you can read in full below.

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She is one of the many that have expressed support for the victims and condemned America's attitude to fire arms.

Madonna took to social media and wrote: “I cannot imagine the heartache and heartbreak the parents of these 19 children must feel."

Meanwhile, Matthew McConaughey visited his hometown of Uvalde last Friday (May 27) to console the community following the shooting.