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I was talking with a friend recently, and we got to discussing the merits of various firearms.  When I showed him the revolver that I was carrying that day, he expressed surprise that I would have a gun with me all the time. He asked if that didn’t mean that I was ‘living in fear’.  …

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Portsmouth Herald Editorial Board Has An Integrity Deficit

“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” —Mark Twain Hoplophobia —n. Irrational, morbid fear of guns (c. 1966, coined by Col. Jeff Cooper, from the Greekhoplites, weapon; see his book Principles of Personal Defense). May cause sweating, faintness, discomfort, rapid pulse, nausea, sleeplessness, nondescript fears, more, at mere thought …

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