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Cooper's meaning and usage falls outside of the definition of a [[phobia]] used by the DSM. For example, one of the DSM's diagnostic criteria of phobias is that the person be aware and acknowledge that their fear is irrational, and usually causes some kind of functional impairment.<ref name="dsm4">{{Cite book| publisher = American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. | authorlink = http://www.psych.org | title = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV TR (Text Revision)| date = June 2000 | location = Arlington, VA, USA | isbn = 978-0-89042-024-9 | doi = 10.1176/appi.books.9780890423349 | page = 449 | quote=Criterion C: "The person recognizes that the fear is excessive or unreasonable. Note: In children, this feature may be absent."}}</ref> True medical phobias of firearms and other weapons can exist, but are unusual.<ref name=Ninan>{{Cite book | last1 = Ninan | last2 = Dunlop | title = Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of Anxiety Disorders | year = 2006 | publisher = Handbooks in Health Care | location = Pennsylvania | isbn = 1-931981-62-0 | pages = 107 | quote = Table 7-1 Names of Some Phobias...Unusual...Hoplophobia-fear of firearms }}</ref>
Cooper's meaning and usage falls outside of the definition of a [[phobia]] used by the DSM. For example, one of the DSM's diagnostic criteria of phobias is that the person be aware and acknowledge that their fear is irrational, and usually causes some kind of functional impairment.<ref name="dsm4">{{Cite book| publisher = American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. | authorlink = http://www.psych.org | title = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV TR (Text Revision)| date = June 2000 | location = Arlington, VA, USA | isbn = 978-0-89042-024-9 | doi = 10.1176/appi.books.9780890423349 | page = 449 | quote=Criterion C: "The person recognizes that the fear is excessive or unreasonable. Note: In children, this feature may be absent."}}</ref> True medical phobias of firearms and other weapons can exist, but are unusual.<ref name=Ninan>{{Cite book | last1 = Ninan | last2 = Dunlop | title = Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of Anxiety Disorders | year = 2006 | publisher = Handbooks in Health Care | location = Pennsylvania | isbn = 1-931981-62-0 | pages = 107 | quote = Table 7-1 Names of Some Phobias...Unusual...Hoplophobia-fear of firearms }}</ref>
However, in interviewing [[psychologist]]s, one finds differing opinions from the DSM. There are indeed many patients with phobias who are acutely aware of their fear but do not acknowledge that their fear is irrational, and they do not view their fear as causing a functional impairment, yet others do. In the case of anti gun [[unalienable rights|rights]] [[liberals]], they are indeed acutely aware of their fear of and disdain for weapons and the Second Amendment but do not acknowledge that their fear is irrational, and they certainly do not view their fear as causing any impairment.<ref>Source - conversations with several anonymous conservative [[psychologist]]s who are concerned with [[liberal]] retribution in they speak out in their [[leftist]]-dominated [[psychology]] profession.</ref>
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