Genuine Question and Thoughts

Genuine Question and Thoughts So I've been thinking this for awhile now I don't know if I'm alone in this or if other people have thought about this but why don't we just learn ASL. I mean we struggle with speaking so why not just use our hands to speak. I've had this thought for years now maybe since highschool like sophomore year just never got around to actually doing it. The reason I'm really contemplating it now is my stutter has progressively got worse and worse over the years and when I'm stressed or anxious now I basically can't speak. I think learning ASL would help alot. What are yalls thoughts on this.