Hoplophobia

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ËŒhÉ’pləˈfəʊbɪə/

Origin

Firearms authority and writer coined the word. First attested in 1976: -("weapon”, “arms") + -o- + -("fear").

Full definition of hoplophobia

Noun

1. (pejorative, rare) The fear of guns.
• 1976: United States Congress’s House Committee on the Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Crime, Firearms Legislation: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Crime of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congress, First Session, part 7, page unknown (United States Government Printing Office)Gun control laws are proposed to control three basic areas: Crime, accidental shootings and to calm those suffering from hoplophobia — these people generally align themselves with the first two so I won’t even consider that category.
• 1998, Bob Knauer, in alt.nuke.europe, soc.culture.scottish, talk.politics.guns, uk.politics.crime, and

• One of the telltale characteristics of hoplophobia is terminal stupidity. That's because hoplophobia is a mental illness.
• 1999, Barry B Wood, in dfw.general http://groups.google.com/group/dfw.general/msg/8d55b2266d5ba979?dmode=source&hl=enYou'll be happy to learn that "hoplophobia" (irrational fear of weapons) has been recognized as an illness by the AMA, is treatable, and is now covered by most HMOs. Get thee to a psychiatrist!
• 2000, Frank Zember, in alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, misc.survivalism, talk.politics.guns, and

• Not exactly, subscribing to the hoplophobia of the left wing makes you a complete idiot.

Usage notes

Cooper coined the term to describe what he termed "mental disturbance characterized by irrational aversion to weapons". The word is not usually used in a true medical sense. For further notes and references, see the hoplophobia article.