Armed America

[Spexxvet]

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.

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

If it's not fear, then why do you care if I have guns or not?

Originally Posted by MaggieL

No.

The hoplophobes I referred to clearly are not in any of the pictures.

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.

The fear frefered to in this thread, and to which Maggie refers by hoplophobia is the fear of guns, nothing else.