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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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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 9 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I would not actually shoot anyone but I have certinaly thought about it. Maybe more murder in general. Its called getting very mad at people doing very bad things. I think 93% are either lying or their imaginations are more hands on or maybe less.

[–] DokPsy@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Does grenade launcher count as shooting

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 2 points 9 hours ago

Not if you're aiming in just a general ballroom direction