‘Some scars are for ever’: the grief of losing a child to gun violence during the holidays

End of the year can be painful for those who have lost loved ones to firearm crime, but forming new traditions can help ease trauma

Ramon Price makes sure he's working on Thanksgiving and Christmas.

He's a counselor at a funeral home in Oakland, California, where for the past 18 years he's helped hundreds of families navigate grief, death certificates, insurance and casket selections. About half of them lost loved ones in a homicide, usually with a firearm.