Car chase shootings often lead off local TV news programs. Somehow they grab attention of news editors who feel they’ll grab attention of viewers, notes Grumpy Editor.
Thus, it’s not unexpected seeing a report of road-rage shootings killing or injuring an average of 44 people a month (yes, a month) last year, double the average of like incidents in 2019, before the pandemic.
“Driving gets heated in plenty of other countries, but only in the U.S. is someone shot and injured or killed every 17 hours in a road-rage incident, says Sarah Burd-Sharps, director of research at Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund.
From 2016 to 2019, the study found one-third of road-rage incidents involving a gun resulted in injury or death.
Grumpy Editor feels inspiring some of that road rage are car chases depicted in movies and television.
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