Hoplophobia, new word for the week. Phobia for everything including guns

[testdepth]

There is actually a word for the anti gun crowd and it means: an unreasonable fear of firearms!


phobia /pho·bia/ (fo´be-ah) a persistent, irrational, intense fear of a specific object, activity, or situation (the phobic stimulus), fear that is recognized as being excessive or unreasonable by the individual himself. When a phobia is a significant source of distress or interferes with social functioning, it is considered a mental disorder (sometimes called a phobic disorder );

 

[mikey357]

Yeah, the late, Great Colonel Jeff Cooper coined that term quite some time ago...But it STILL works, of course!... ....mikey357

 

[sovietak474u]

I have that fear. I fear that firearms will keep my bank account empty..meh oh well . Life is tough.