▲ 183 ▼ 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) submitted 3 months ago* by Wudi@feddit.uk to c/science@lemmy.world 86 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 19 points 3 months ago (3 children) Why is it so low? permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] psivchaz@reddthat.com 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) Maybe they asked like, "SERIOUSLY thought about shooting someone" or perhaps "thought about shooting someone at a time that you actually had the means to do it" or even "made mental plans to shoot someone." Or maybe I'm more of a psychopath than I thought I was. Like I don't actually want to hurt anyone, and I don't even own a gun, but the number of times it crossed my mind... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 point 3 months ago I think the headline flattened the question. Most people have thought about it happening, I'd wager, but less thought about doing it. permalink fedilink source parent [+] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] psivchaz@reddthat.com 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) Maybe they asked like, "SERIOUSLY thought about shooting someone" or perhaps "thought about shooting someone at a time that you actually had the means to do it" or even "made mental plans to shoot someone." Or maybe I'm more of a psychopath than I thought I was. Like I don't actually want to hurt anyone, and I don't even own a gun, but the number of times it crossed my mind... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 point 3 months ago I think the headline flattened the question. Most people have thought about it happening, I'd wager, but less thought about doing it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 point 3 months ago I think the headline flattened the question. Most people have thought about it happening, I'd wager, but less thought about doing it. permalink fedilink source parent
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