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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[-] Meat_Of_Nan@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

I've never thought about shooting anyone else. Does thinking about shooting myself count to the statistic? I've definitely thought about that before!

[-] ChexMax@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Why wouldn't it?

[-] Meat_Of_Nan@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Well because there's a difference between saying "wow my life sucks, I could really go for a bullet sandwich right now" and "wow that guy sucks, I should shoot him"

[-] ChexMax@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

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.