Donald Trump speaks at the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual convention on May 27, 2022 in Houston, Texas.Brandon Bell/Getty Images The sound of gongs accompanied former Donald Trump's reading of the names of Uvalde shooting victims Friday. NRA meeting attendees applauded when Trump said the gunman will "be eternally damned to burn in the fires of hell." Gun control policies "being pushed by the left" would not have prevented the tragedy, he said. Former President Donald Trump read the names of the 19 children and two teachers who were killed in Uvalde, Texas, to the sound of gongs on Friday while speaking at the National Rifle Association annual meeting.It was a bizarre performance that some on social media who were watching described as a "ghoulish" spectacle, creepy, and "repulsive.""This is just gross.