An armed citizen at the San Antonio Mayan 14 Movie Theater Sunday, shot & disarmed a lone gunman who had opened fire 20 rounds inside the theater, according to reports. This shooting comes just days after a deadly rampage at a school in Connecticut and sparks memories of the the mass slaying at a movie theater in Aurora,…
Hoplophobia (n.): The irrational fear of weapons, correctly described by Freud as “a sign of emotional and sexual immaturity”. Hoplophobia, like homophobia, is a displacement symptom; hoplophobes fear their own “forbidden” feelings and urges to commit violence. This would be harmless, except that they project these feelings onto others. The sequelae of this neurosis include irrational and dangerous behaviors such…
