Steve comments on 7% of adults in the United States say that at some time in their life, they have thought about shooting someone else

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[–] Steve@communick.news 58 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] baahb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Which is a subset who would talk to a pollster in the first place

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[–] Steve@communick.news 6 points 4 months ago

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.

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