Never assume that simply having a gun makes you a marksman. You are no more armed because you are wearing a pistol… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
The purpose of the pistol is to stop a fight that somebody else has started, almost always at very short range. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
A fine marksman is with a second rate rifle is far more effective than the reverse. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
We thought everybody knew by now that barrel length has almost nothing to do with accuracy. I believe the myth of the… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
A free man must not be told how to think, either by the government or by social activists. He may certainly be… — 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
I have long had a tendency to tie marksmanship to morality. The essence of good marksmanship is self-control, and self-control is the… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil… — 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
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
One bleeding-heart type asked me in a recent interview if I did not agree that 'violence begets violence.' I told him that… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
One correspondent, who is into psychology, notes that in his experience people who are hoplophobes are nearly always nutty in other ways,… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
Personal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud, and the rifle is the queen of personal weapons. The possession of… — 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 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 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
That is why our masters in Washington are so anxious to disarm us. They are not afraid of criminals. They are afraid… — 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
It has long been my conviction that a masked man with a gun is a target. I see no reason to change… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
One cannot legislate the maniacs off the street... these maniacs can only be shut down by an armed citizenry. Indeed bad things… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
Buy ammunition! Remember that a man cannot have too many books, too many wines, or too much ammunition. Our adversaries on the… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
Not long ago it was easy to tell who the bad guys were. They carried Kalashnikovs. Now it is much more complicated,… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
According to Herodotus, the ancient Persians felt that what was necessary in the background of a young man entering adulthood was his… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
The 1911 pistol remains the service pistol of choice in the eyes of those who understand the problem. Back when we audited… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
The conclusions seem inescapable that in certain circles a tendency has arisen to fear people who fear government. Government, as the Father… — 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
Already a couple of the faithful have sent in checks for a foundation memorial to the innocents who perished at the hands… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Therefore, if you are attacked, retaliate instantly. Be sudden. Be quick. Speed is your salvation. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
A fine marksman is with a second rate rifle is far more effective than the reverse. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
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