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Only 7%? ๐ค
That's how many are willing to admit it to a pollster, which is a subset of who thought about it. We don't know how big the larger set is.
Which is a subset who would talk to a pollster in the first place
Yes there is also the subset of people who've thought about it, and might tell a pollster, but avoid pollsters if at all possible.
The other 93% have shot someone.
Without thinking about it first, it seems.
The text of the question seems to be "I have thought about shooting another person or multiple people" and 7% responded "Strongly agree/agree/somewhat agree." Looking at the 160 page pdf questionnaire, I'm guessing most respondents deduced the correct answer and didn't want to cast aspersions on any of their other habits.