WATCH: MLS player uses corner flag microphone to make comment on America’s gun laws

A powerful moment.

Over the weekend, two separate mass shooting incidents took place in America. 20 people were killed, with 26 left injured by a shooting in El Paso, Texas, while nine people were killed after a gunman opened fire in a bar in the city of Dayton, Ohio. There has since been a clamour for a change to the gun laws in America, with many citing the fact that New Zealand changed their gun laws just days after a mass shooting in Christchurch earlier this year. Alejandro Bedoya, a footballer for American club Philadelphia Union scored a goal in an MLS match on Sunday night, and immediately ran to the corner flag to speak into an on-pitch microphone. He shouted "Hey congress, do something. End gun violence now. Let's go." Take a look: https://twitter.com/herculezg/status/1158209990814924801?s=20 Before the game, Bedoya took to his Twitter page to criticise the "thoughts and prayers bullshit", and said that America was becoming a dystopian society. https://twitter.com/AleBedoya17/status/1158032906578735105?s=20 Meanwhile, Donald Trump took to Twitter to address the shootings. He also said that he had authorised the lowering of the flags to half-staff at all Federal Government buildings in honor of the victims of the tragedies. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1158099851248377856?s=20