And yet, as
painful as such events are, and as much as they seem to increasingly define America's uniquely violent profile
among developed nations, they account for just 1 - 2 % of all gun - related
deaths in the U.S. «We lose upwards of 90 people a day on average to firearm violence, to suicide and homicide,» says Wintemute.
While Amazon and Apple and Microsoft emerged to become
among the most valuable companies of all time, there were many companies from that time period that died slow and
painful deaths.