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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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Hoplophobia (colloquially known as gunaphobia) is a neologism coined by renowned firearms trainer Col. Jeff Cooper to describe an "irrational aversion to weapons."[1] The term was constructed from the Greek ὅπλον - hoplon, meaning, among other things, "arms,"[2] and φόβος - phobos, meaning "fear."[3]
That fear includes more specifically firearms, the Second Amendment and citizens exercising their unalienable rights to self-defense and defense against tyranny under such.
Usage
The term has gained wide acceptance in conservative political debates over gun control, but not in medical contexts. Hoplophobia is not a phobia listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) published by the American Psychiatric Association. It is listed in The Encyclopedia of Phobias, Fears, and Anxieties, Third Edition as well as the Oxford Dictionary of Psychology.
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.[4] True medical phobias of firearms and other weapons can exist, but are unusual.[5] However, in interviewing psychologists, 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 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.[6]
See Also
References
- ↑ (1990) To Ride, Shoot Straight, and Speak the Truth. Boulder, Colorado: Paladin Press, 16–19.
- ↑ ὅπλον, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
- ↑ φόβος, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
- ↑ (June 2000) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV TR (Text Revision). Arlington, VA, USA: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.. DOI:10.1176/appi.books.9780890423349. ISBN 978-0-89042-024-9. “Criterion C: "The person recognizes that the fear is excessive or unreasonable. Note: In children, this feature may be absent."”
- ↑ (2006) Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of Anxiety Disorders. Pennsylvania: Handbooks in Health Care, 107. ISBN 1-931981-62-0. “Table 7-1 Names of Some Phobias...Unusual...Hoplophobia-fear of firearms”
- ↑ Source - conversations with several anonymous conservative psychologists who are concerned with liberal retribution in they speak out in their leftist-dominated psychology profession.