Glockster30
NES Member
Let's be fair (only kidding) to Ms. Healey because she obviously suffers from a real disease, hoplophobia:
http://www.gunlaws.com/Hoplophobia-GunFear.htm
[bold emphasis mine]Abstract:
Hoplophobia, the morbid fear of guns, is a real, extremely dangerous, widespread and clinically recognizable complex specific phobia with a number of unique characteristics, described. It has caused and continues to cause grievous harm in America. Dr. Sarah Thompson, M.D., author of two seminal papers on gun phobia, claims hoplophobia is little more than name calling and rare, points we dispute. Because one of the avoidance mechanisms of this phobia uniquely involves politics, its effects and importance are greater than for other phobias. Co-morbidities include suppressed rage, post-traumatic stress disorder, delusional disorder and panic disorder, with implications for society at large. Some behaviors heretofore written off because they seemed irrational may be explained.
http://www.gunlaws.com/Hoplophobia-GunFear.htm