If you give a man a gun: the evolutionary psychology of mass shootings

If you give a man a gun: the evolutionary psychology of mass shootings
December 4, 2015 3.37pm EST

Men commit over 85% of all homicides, 91% of all same-sex homicides and 97% of all same-sex homicides in which the victim and killer aren’t related to each other.

These startling statistics are driven home with each new mass shooting (though the most recent tragedy in San Bernardino, California is a bit unusual in that a married couple were the shooters).

In any event, politicians and the media are trotting out the usual suspects to explain the tragedy, whether it’s the lack of attention paid to mental illness or the easy availability of guns.

But these explanations dance around the big questions: why is there always a man behind these shootings? And why is it almost always a young man?

More:
http://theconversation.com/if-you-give-a-man-a-gun-the-evolutionary-psychology-of-mass-shootings-51782