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'''Hoplophobia''' (colloquially known as '''[[gun]]-a-[[phobia]]''') is a [[neologism]] coined by renowned [[conservative]] [[firearm]]s trainer Col. Jeff Cooper to describe an "[[rational|irrational]] aversion to weapons."<ref name="cooper-to-ride">{{Cite book | last1 = Cooper | first1 = Jeff | title = To Ride, Shoot Straight, and Speak the Truth | year = 1990 | publisher = Paladin Press | location = Boulder, Colorado | pages = 16–19 | url=http://www.usrepeals.org/ca/mtbpers/hoplophobia.html }}</ref> The term was constructed from the [[Greek language|Greek]] ὅπλον - ''hoplon'', meaning, among other things, "arms,"<ref>[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Do%28%2Fplon ὅπλον], Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus</ref> and φόβος - ''phobos'', meaning "fear."<ref>[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dfo%2Fbos φόβος], Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus</ref>

'''Hoplophobia''' (colloquially known as '''[[gun]]-a-[[phobia]]''') is a [[neologism]] coined by [[conservative]] [[firearm]]s trainer Col. Jeff Cooper to describe an "irrational aversion to weapons."<ref name="cooper-to-ride">{{Cite book | last1 = Cooper | first1 = Jeff | title = To Ride, Shoot Straight, and Speak the Truth | year = 1990 | publisher = Paladin Press | location = Boulder, Colorado | pages = 16–19 | url=http://www.usrepeals.org/ca/mtbpers/hoplophobia.html }}</ref> The term is constructed from the [[Greek language|Greek]] ὅπλον - ''hoplon'', meaning, among other things, "arms,"<ref>[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Do%28%2Fplon ὅπλον], Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus</ref> and φόβος - ''phobos'', meaning "fear."<ref>[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dfo%2Fbos φόβος], Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus</ref>

 

==Usage==

==Usage==

The term has gained very wide acceptance in [[conservative]], preparedness and [[gun enthusiast]] [[political]] debates over [[gun control]], but of course is not accepted in [[liberal]] [[mainstream media]] so called "[[Liberal obfuscation|open]] [[Liberal tricks|debate]]" or in medical contexts.  For instance, hoplophobia is not a [[phobia]] listed in the [[Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]] (DSM) published by the [[liberal]] [[American Psychiatric Association]]. It is listed in The Encyclopedia of Phobias, Fears, and Anxieties, Third Edition as well as the Oxford Dictionary of Psychology.

The term has gained some acceptance in [[conservative]], preparedness and [[gun enthusiast]] [[political]] debates over [[gun control]], but of course is not accepted in [[liberal]] [[mainstream media]] so called "open debate" or in medical contexts.  For instance, 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''.

 

[[Colonel]] Cooper's colloquial meaning and usage falls outside of the [[medical]] [[Liberal redefinition|definition]] of a [[phobia]] used by the DSM. For example, one of the DSM's [[diagnosis|diagnostic]] criteria of phobias is that the patient 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 and many [[leftist]]s, this feature may be absent."}}</ref> True medical phobias of [[firearm]]s and other [[weapon]]s 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>

In interviewing conservative [[gun rights|Second Amendment]] supporting [[psychologist]]s however, one finds differing opinions from the DSM and the [[professor values|university]]-dominated psychiatric establishment. According to these conservative psychologists, there are indeed many patients with phobias who are acutely aware of their fear but do not acknowledge that their fear is irrational, but instead feel it is justified. They also 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 [[Bullying|disdain]] for weapons and the [[unalienable rights|unalienable]] [[Second Amendment]] but do not acknowledge that their fear is irrational, but feel it is [[Liberal whining|justified]]. These same liberals certainly do not view their fear as causing any [[Liberal hate speech|impairment]].<ref>Source - conversations with several anonymous [[conservative]] [[psychologist]]s who are concerned with [[liberal]] [[Liberals and friendship|colleague]] [[peer pressure]] [[Scientific fascism|retribution]] in they speak out against [[left-wing]] [[Public school values|school system]], [[American Psychiatric Association]] and [[APA|American Psychological Association]] [[gun control]] [[propaganda]] in their [[leftist]]-dominated [[psychology]] profession.</ref>

Cooper's meaning and usage falls outside of the [[medical]] definition of a [[phobia]] used by the DSM. For example, one of the DSM's [[diagnosis|diagnostic]] criteria of phobias is that the patient 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 and many [[leftist]]s, this feature may be absent."}}</ref> True medical phobias of [[firearm]]s and other [[weapon]]s 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>

Some conservative [[psychologist]]s however, disagree with the DSM and the  psychiatric establishment. According to these conservative psychologists, there are indeed many patients with phobias who are acutely aware of their fear but do not acknowledge that their fear is irrational, but instead feel it is justified. They also do not view their fear as causing a functional impairment, yet others do. In the case of some advocates of gun control, they are indeed acutely aware of their fear of and disdain for handguns but do not acknowledge that their fear is irrational, but feel it is justified. These same liberals certainly do not view their fear as causing any impairment.

==See also==

==See also==