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Showing Original Post only (View all)Poll: do you personally know someone killed by a gun? [View all]
Last edited Tue Mar 23, 2021, 10:01 PM - Edit history (1)
Im the discussion thread I posted on this took. it was suggested that this question should have been a poll.
It is utterly heartbreaking how many of you do know someone killed by a firearm.
I guess it shouldnt be surprising but it still is.
America is a truly fucked up nation.
53 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited | |
Yes - suicide | |
17 (32%) |
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Yes - during a domestic incident | |
4 (8%) |
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Yes - during a robbery or other crime | |
8 (15%) |
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Yes - killed by a police weapon | |
2 (4%) |
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Yes - by accident | |
3 (6%) |
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Yes - a victim in a mass shooting | |
1 (2%) |
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No - I have not known anyone personally killed by a gun | |
12 (23%) |
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Yes - for multiple reasons listed above. | |
6 (11%) |
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1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided. | |
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Many years ago as a student speech-language pathologist I was given orders to evaluate a man who
phylny
Mar 2021
#21
I voted suicide but can only vote once. Also know 2 domestic violence killings.
riversedge
Mar 2021
#10
My first high school crush some years later at the hands of an estranged boyfriend.
LanternWaste
Mar 2021
#11