Stars react to horrific Florida school shooting

Celebrities took to social media to express anger and share their condolences after a former student reportedly killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on Wednesday.

Many of the stars who spoke out about the heartbreaking shooting stressed that prayers or words aren't enough anymore when reacting to these all-too-common shootings; what really needs to happen, they said, is action.

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Ellen DeGeneres, Kim Kardashian, Reese Witherspoon, Chelsea Handler, Britney Spears, Mark Ruffalo, Stephen King, Gabrielle Union and Maria Shriver were just some of the major names who shared their thoughts on social media.

See all of their reactions in the gallery below:

"We owe it to our children and our teachers to keep them safe while at school," Kardashian tweeted. "Prayers won't do this: action will. Congress, please do your job and protect Americans from senseless gun violence."

DeGeneres echoed those sentiments.

"No words, no actions, no laws are enough until we end this epidemic of school shootings in our country," she said. "My heart is with the students and parents of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School."

As for President Trump, he added that nobody "should ever feel unsafe in an American school."

Authorities arrested suspect Nikolas Cruz miles away from the deadly school shooting. He had been expelled from the school and students who knew him said that he "always had guns on him."

See photos of the shooting suspect:

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