View source for hoplophobia

==English==
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===Etymology===
Firearms authority and writer {{w|Jeff Cooper|Colonel Jeff Cooper}} claims to have coined the word in 1962: {{affix|en|hoplo-|-phobia|gloss1=weapon, arms|gloss2=fear}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˌhɒpləˈfəʊbɪə/|a=UK}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|-}}

# The [[irrational]] [[fear]] of [[gun]]s.
#* '''1979''': United States House of Representatives: ''Firearms Legislation: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Crime of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives,'' [[w:94th United States Congress|Ninety-fourth Congress]], First Session, Part 7, page 2529 <ref name =firearmslegislationhearings>{{cite-journal
|last=United States House of Representatives
|first=Subcommittee on Crime of the Committee on the Judiciary
|title=Firearms Legislation: Hearings
|work=Ninety-fourth United States Congress
|year=1976
|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=pgJGYFSgn20C&q=hoplophobia&dq=hoplophobia&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjl5-arkKvKAhXDwj4KHa2JAYw4KBDoAQgfMAE
|accessdate=January 15, 2016}}</ref>
#*: 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.
#* {{quote-newsgroup|en|year=1999|author=Barry B Wood|newsgroup=dfw.general|url=http://groups.google.com/group/dfw.general/msg/8d55b2266d5ba979?dmode=source&hl=en
|passage=You'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!}}
#* '''2015''': [[w:James Taranto|James Taranto]], in "Best of the Web: The Left Loses Control," ''The Wall Street Journal'' <ref name =leftlosescontrol>{{cite-journal
|last=Taranto
|first=James
|title=The Left Loses Control
|work=The Wall Street Journal
|date=December 7, 2015
|url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-left-loses-control-1449513704
|accessdate=January 15, 2016}} </ref>
#*: That the [New York] Times's gun-control crusade is motivated by '''hoplophobia,''' rather than a sincere concern about crime and terrorism, can be demonstrated by a comparison with other Times editorials that do not focus on guns.

===See also===
* {{l|en|hoplophobe}}
* {{l|en|hoplophobic}}

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