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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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[–] Steve 42 points 22 hours ago (1 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.

[–] baahb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Steve 3 points 18 hours 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.