Tag: Fear of Guns

Crime Extinguishers

February 20, 2019

by Ian Underwood

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’. So I asked him if he had a fire extinguisher in his home. He said yes, of course. I asked if that meant that he was living in fear. Or was he just recognizing that if something unlikely but potentially terrible occurs, it’s good to be able to deal with it on your own until help arrives?

Portsmouth Herald Editorial Board Has An Integrity Deficit

September 26, 2018December 21, 2012

by Rick Olson

“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 of guns. Presence of working firearms may cause panic attack. Hoplophobe, hoplophobic.

Hoplophobes. The Editorial Staff of the Portsmouth Herald/Seacoast Online epitomizes the very notion of that word. With each sticky-sweet glass of Kool-Aid they drink, the self-convincing liberal pandering drunkenness sets ever deeper into their psyche of intellectual dishonesty. Moral Bankruptcy is the standard-bearer for their