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Is It Irrational to Be Afraid of Guns?

Hoplophobia is the irrational fear of firearms. I recently learned this while observing political discourse on gun violence in the U.S. One person asserted that they would never let another person’s phobia trample on their freedoms. As a trained resear…

Hoplophobia is the irrational fear of firearms. I recently learned this while observing political discourse on gun violence in the U.S. One person asserted that they would never let another person’s phobia trample on their freedoms. As a trained researcher I know of the dangers in allowing my values bias to skew my analysis or More

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