Curley, who is an especially cruel man, seeks revenge not only for the death of his wife but more importantly for his shattered hand. Shooting Lennie "in the guts" would cause a very painful, prolonged death full of the suffering that Curley wants Lennie to experience because Curley himself suffered not only pain but also humiliation when his hand was crushed.
George must choose to kill his friend himself to spare Lennie that kind of awful, agonizing death. A bullet in the back of the head guarantees quick death; shooting him in the stomach would not.
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