We’ve launched our new Defensive Handguns Forum. It’s for everyone interested in armed self defense. Every conceivably relevant topic is addressed including: guns for self defense, gear, ammunition, breaking news, gun politics, RKBA, Second Amendment, defensive tactics, concealed carry, CCW permits, deadly force issues, home defense, training, choosing a handgun, edged weapons, and so on. It’s [...]
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Hoplophobia is a Real Problem
Posted in gun control, Gun Rights, Personal Defense, Politics, RKBA, second amendment, tagged aichmophobia, American Psychiatric Association, androphobia, anxiety, arachnophobia, clinical psychologist, cops, criminals, cynophobia, defense mechanisms, dentophobia, diagnostic criteria, disorders, dog phobia, DSM, DSM-IB-TR, DSM-V, entomophobia, fear, fear of dentists, fear of ideas, fear of insects, fear of men, fear of spiders, First Amendment, gun control, guns, handguns, hoplophobia, ideophobia, irrational fears, mental disorders, murderous rage, needle phobia, New York City, ophidiophobia, phobias, projection, psychological defense mechanisms, psychotherapy, rage, second amendment, snake phobia, unconscious rage on June 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Many gun control advocates believe that only two types of folks have guns—cops and criminals. I grew up in New York City where this was and still is the prevailing view. People who believe that non-sworn citizens should not be allowed to own guns also tend to believe that anyone who owns a gun and [...]
