PODCAST: Guns Are Not Root Cause of Mass Killings

05.28.22

On May 24, 2022, Salvadore Ramos tore families, a community, and the nation apart when he slaughtered 19 children and two teachers after shooting his grandmother in the face in Uvalde, Texas. Like so many other mass killers and other violent criminals, Salvadore came from a broken, dysfunctional family. His father, who didn’t see his son often and lives with a woman to whom he is not married, “has a lengthy criminal record which includes at least one conviction for assault and causing bodily injury to a family member.”

Ramos had a troubled relationship with his mother who lives with a man to whom she is not married. Ramos had been living with his grandparents.