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7% of adults in the United States say that at some time in their life, they have thought about shooting someone else (medresearch.umich.edu)

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[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 14 points 1 day ago

Why is it so low?

[-] psivchaz@reddthat.com 2 points 4 hours ago

Maybe they asked like, "SERIOUSLY thought about shooting someone" or perhaps "thought about shooting someone at a time that you actually had the means to do it" or even "made mental plans to shoot someone."

Or maybe I'm more of a psychopath than I thought I was. Like I don't actually want to hurt anyone, and I don't even own a gun, but the number of times it crossed my mind...