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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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[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't know how you could be older than 12 and not wanted to shoot someone ever.

[–] realitista@lemmus.org 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I can honestly say I've never wanted to shoot, stab, or otherwise greviously injure someone. I've gotten into some fistfights when emotions have gotten out of hand, but this is maybe why its important that everyone is not running around with a way to blast holes in people.

[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Hand me a loaded gun and put me in a room with Putin, and i'll not even blink when i shoot him.

[–] realitista@lemmus.org 2 points 1 month ago

Good point

[–] architect@thelemmy.club 5 points 1 month ago

The president of the free world is a child rapist.

So, some people may not trust others that insist upon this answer.