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'''Hoplophobia''' (colloquially known as '''gunaphobia''') is a [[neologism]] coined by renowned [[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 renowned [[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>

That [[fear]] includes more specifically [[firearms]], the [[Second Amendment]] and [[citizen]]s exercising their [[unalienable rights]] to [[self-defense]] and defense against [[tyranny]] under such.  

That [[fear]] includes more specifically [[firearms]], the [[Second Amendment]] and [[citizen]]s exercising their [[unalienable rights]] to [[self-defense]] and defense against [[tyranny]] under such.  

==Usage==

==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.

The term has gained very wide acceptance in [[conservative]], [[preparedness]] and [[gun enthusiast]] [[political]] debates over [[gun control]], but of course not in so call "liberal [[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.

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>

[[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>

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>

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 [[Bullying|disdain]] for weapons and the [[unalienable rights|unalienable]] [[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]] [[Scientific fascism|retribution]] in they speak out against [[left-wing]] [[American Psychiatric Association]] and [[APA|American Psychological Association]] [[gun control [[propaganda]] in their [[leftist]]-dominated [[psychology]] profession.</ref>

==See Also==

==See Also==