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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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[–] deliriousdreams@fedia.io 2 points 23 hours ago

Approximately 1/3 of Americans own guns.

7% seems low just because so far as I can tell it's 7% of adults in American not 7% of those who own guns.

I haven't ever fantasized about shooting someone. Throttling them to death? Yeah. Dropping a piano on someone? Certainly. Shooting them? No. For one thing I don't want to clean up a shooting. But for another at the point where you're wanting to kill someone or maim them a gun is just impersonal and hands off. I'm not a murderer. I would absolutely have to be pushed to that point.

But I have met quite a few people who really do just want to shoot someone. They are looking for a reason.