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HOPLOPHOBE. A person who is afflicted with an irrational fear of firearms. Being averse to firearms since the shooting incident, they lobbied for more bans of all firearms citing the firearm's evil characteristics as reasons for the control measures.
Feb. 12, 2010 -- I have just obtained an original definition of hoplophobia from the term's creator, Jeff Cooper, through his daughter, Lindy Cooper Wisdom. She writes: In Fireworks (copyright 1980), Chapter 3 is titled, Open Letter: To a Legislative Hoplophobe. In it, Dad defines hoplophobia and puts a date to this definition of 1966.