Let us remind ourselves again that the Second Amendment of the US Constitution should be referred to as the Statute of Liberty. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
Owning a handgun doesn't make you armed any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
Not to our surprise, we discover that gun crime in Britain is up 10.9 percent since the disarmament of the private citizen. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
The rifle is the queen of weapons and its effective use is one of the greatest satisfactions available to man. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
The proliferation of right-to-carry laws throughout the states has drawn plaintive complaints from the criminal element. They feel that it makes their… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
At long last I have discovered that most shooters are not interested in firearms as tools, but rather as toys. Such people… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
It seems that the concealed carry policy now in effect in 30 states is unfair to goblins. They cannot tell who is… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
Personal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud, and the rifle is the queen of personal weapons… Pick up a… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
It is long been a principal of ours that one is no more armed because he has possession of a firearm than… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
The consensus is that no more than five to ten people in a hundred who die by gunfire in Los Angeles are… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
I am sometimes perplexed by people who refer to defensive rifles, or defensive rifle shooting. The defensive arm is the pistol, since… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
The proliferation of state concealed carry laws has evidently reduced the rate of violent street crime to a considerable extent. When the… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
The rifle is a weapon. Let there be no mistake about that. It is a tool of power, and thus dependent completely… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
The media insist that crime is the major concern of the American public today. In this connection they generally push the point… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
All the people constitute the militia - according to the Founding Fathers. Therefore every able-bodied man has a duty under the Constitution… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
In the larger sense, however, the personal ownership of firearms is only secondarily a matter of defense against the criminal. Note the… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
The proliferation of right-to-carry laws throughout the states has drawn plaintive complaints from the criminal element. They feel that it makes their profession too… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share
It appears that the murder rate inside prisons is ten times higher than that outside prisons. It must be due to all those Kalashnikov… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share
Don't try to be fancy. Shoot for the center of mass. The world is full of decent people. Criminals we can do without. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share
Therefore, if you are attacked, retaliate instantly. Be sudden. Be quick. Speed is your salvation. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share
Political correctness is neither political nor is it correct. It amounts to social censorship, and the sooner we spit it out, the better. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share
The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share
If violent crime is to be curbed, it is only the intended victim who can do it. The felon does not fear the police,… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share
Any man who is a man may not, in honor, submit to threats or violence. But many men who are not cowards are simply… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share
Weapons compound man's power to achieve; they amplify the capabilities of both the good man and the bad, and to exactly the same degree,… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share
It has long been my conviction that a masked man with a gun is a target. I see no reason to change that view. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share
A fine marksman is with a second rate rifle is far more effective than the reverse. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share
It is true that a victim who fights back may suffer for it, but one who does not almost certainly will suffer for it. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share
If a felon attacks you and lives, he will reasonably conclude that he can do it again. By submitting to him, you not only… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share
An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share
