fear of weapons, specifically firearms (Generally a political term but the clinical phobia is also documented)
Hoplophobia is a neologism, originally coined to describe an `irrational aversion to weapons.` It is sometimes used more generally to describe the `fear of firearms` or the `fear of armed citizens.` == Creation == Firearms authority and writer Jeff Cooper claims to have coined the word in 1962 to describe what he called a `mental aberration...
Hoplophobia is the fear of firearms.