On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 20:03:59 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
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"Ed Huntress" wrote in message
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On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 13:41:21 -0600, Just Wondering
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On 7/25/2015 4:46 AM, Ed Huntress wrote:
On Fri, 24 Jul 2015 21:14:59 -0600, Just Wondering
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On 7/24/2015 6:32 PM, Ed Huntress wrote:
On Fri, 24 Jul 2015 11:36:17 -0500, RD Sandman
rdsandman[remove]comcast.net wrote:

Just Wondering wrote in
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On 7/23/2015 2:46 PM, Ed Huntress wrote:
On Thu, 23 Jul 2015 14:34:29 -0600, Just Wondering
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On 7/23/2015 1:36 PM, Joe Cooper wrote:
Rudy Canoza wrote in
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There's a reason these people are seen as gun *nuts*.

What is a "gun nut"?

To a hoplophobe, it's anyone who supports the Second
Amendment.
It's meant to be derisive but it's actually a compliment.

You should define "hoplophobe" while you're at it. It's
someone who
has an irrational fear of Hopalong Cassidy.

I didn't invent the word. I don't have to define it, it has a
well
understood definition. If you don't know, look it up.




Ed was being sarcastic about how some hoplophobes feel. From
other
statements he has made, he does seem to hold them in a bit of
disdain.

I was being sarcastic about the inanity of gun nutz trying to
apply a
comically pseudo-clinical term to people who dislike guns. The
pretentiousness is hilarious.

It's not "dislike". There are liberal left wingnuts who actually
fear
the idea of guns in private hands.

And every day, they get 27 murders committed with guns to prove
that
they're right about that -- because you never know which private
hands
those guns are in.

So now you admit that hoplophobia is real, it's not just " a
comically
pseudo-clinical term."

WTF are you talking about? "Hoplophobia" is a made-up joke of a
term.

There are people who have a fear of questionable rationality that
they'll be shot by some private person who has a gun in his hands.

They're the people who carry concealed guns.

--
Ed Huntress

Is the fear "of questionable rationality" that they will be robbed by
some private person who has a gun in his hands?

You'll have to ask them about their fears, but asking a shrink
probably will give you a more accurate answer.

The irony is that they bitch about anti-gun people being afraid of
people carrying guns, and the concealed-carry people carry guns
because they're afraid of people carrying guns.

Same mix of rationality/irrationality in both cases. One sees
increased safety in getting rid of guns. The other sees increased
safety in being ready to shoot it out with somebody carrying a gun.

--
Ed Huntress