Billie Eilish is advocating for gun control amid a particularly devastating string of shootings this week, with the singer posting a tribute to victims and reminding followers of the importance of voting on Sunday (Dec. 14).
In a post on her Instagram Story, Eilish began, “Today is the anniversary of the massacre at sandy hook elementary, & we woke up to the news of mass shootings in australia, at brown university, & in brooklyn.”
“this is so devastating,” she continued. “my heart goes out to all of the victims & their loved ones.”
The nine-time Grammy winner went on to encourage readers to “raise your voice, work for change, & vote out anyone who’s not willing to reform gun policy.”
The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting took place on Dec. 14, 2012, with a gunman trespassing onto the grounds and killing 26 people — 20 of whom were children between the ages of 6 and 7. Exactly 13 years later, three similarly violent attacks took place in three different locations across the world, all within 24 hours; at least 15 people died Sunday on Bondi Beach in Sydney after a gunman opened fire on an Australian Hanukkah celebration, six teenagers were shot and wounded at a birthday party in Brooklyn, N.Y., and officials are still searching for the person who killed two people and injured nine others on Brown University’s campus in Providence, R.I.
Eilish has long been outspoken in her support of stricter gun laws in the United States. In 2023, she joined The Artist for Action to Prevent Gun Violence coalition alongside Sheryl Crow, Peter Gabriel, Rufus Wainwright and more.
According to Gun Violence Archive, there have been a total of 392 mass shootings in the U.S. so far in 2025.
Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox
Sign Up
