An estimated 80 percent [of U.S: gun shootings] seem to instead be crimes of passion — including rage. They’re arguments that could be defused but aren’t, then end in tragedy because someone has a gun. Most violent crimes are the result of human behavior gone temporarily haywire, not premeditated acts for financial benefit.
That is from the new and interesting Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence, by Jens Ludwig.
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