r/gunpolitics • u/dirtysock47 • 18d ago

One third of Americans believe that school shootings kill more people than gang violence

https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/10/survey-confirms-americans-still-shockingly-ill-informed-gun-deaths/
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u/bigeats1 18d ago

Half of Americans are below average.

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u/Pyroburner 18d ago

65% of Americans believe they are above average

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u/bigeats1 18d ago

92.3% of statistics you read on the internet are made up on the spot.

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u/JustynS 18d ago

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6029792/

Actual NIH study.

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u/Pyroburner 18d ago

Thanks for the assist.

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u/bigeats1 18d ago

Actually, a pretty cool stat.

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u/bendbarrel 16d ago

Made up on the spot

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u/sir_thatguy 18d ago

5 out of 4 people don’t understand fractions.

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u/Eweasy 18d ago

I might be stupid, but I’m not dumb!

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u/Cloak97B1 17d ago

I've got you beat! I'm dumb AND UGLY!?