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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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[–] ChexMax@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ooh and the question specifically mentions "someone else." By the time I scrolled down enough, I forgot about that.

Anyway I have both considered offing myself, and on a night where a dude scared me on a dark street I wished I had a gun. I guess that's not the same as wanting to shoot him. I just wanted to have something that would make him as scared of me as I was of him. I just wanted to be left alone.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 week ago

That counts as a yes