By Jens Ludwig. Looks at two questions involving gun violence: Why does gun violence happen, and is there anything we can do about it? Argues against the popular narrative that shootings are calculated acts of malicious or desperate people, and shows how most shootings actually grow out of interpersonal conflict, especially arguments. Shows gun violence to be more circumstantial—and more solvable—than our traditional approaches lead us to believe. Holds that progress on gun violence doesn’t require America to solve every other social problem first; it only requires that we find ways to intervene in the places and the ten-minute windows where human behaviors predictably go haywire. Read more.