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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
I didn't specify what you were afraid of, I only reasoned fear is the only thing that would make you care .... and I was right.
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Originally Posted by Spexxvet
There's a difference between fear of guns and fear of getting shot to death. I also care that you have guns because it doesn't take much for your gun to get into the hands of a "criminal". Then there's the general dislike I have for death.
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
If it's not fear, then why do you care if I have guns or not?  |
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Originally Posted by MaggieL
No.
The hoplophobes I referred to clearly are not in any of the pictures.
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Never heard of hoplophobia? Most people haven't. The made-up word to describe people who fear guns hasn't caught on. Not even longtime gun enthusiasts are familiar with the term.
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The fear frefered to in this thread, and to which Maggie refers by hoplophobia is the fear of guns, nothing else.