Let your attacker worry about his life. Don't hold back. Strike no more after he is incapable of further action, but see… — 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… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
The proper course of action, when under attack, is usually to counterattack. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
It is true that a victim who fights back may suffer for it, but one who does not almost certainly will suffer… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
If you find yourself under lethal attack don't be kind. Be harsh. Be tough. Be ruthless. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
Anyone who willfully and maliciously attacks another without sufficient cause deserves no consideration. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
If you must use your hands, use them with all the strength you possess... If you choose to strike, by all means… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
It's a matter of will. If you know that you can keep your head, and that you must keep your head, you… — 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… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
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
We are fully justified in valuing the life and person of an intended victim more highly than the life of a pernicious… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
"What would I do if?.." By thinking tactically, we can more easily arrive at correct tactical solutions, and practice - even theoretical… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
If it is ever your misfortune to be attacked, alertness will have given you a little warning, decisiveness will have given you… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
If a felon attacks you and lives, he will reasonably conclude that he can do it again. By submitting to him, you… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
Anyone who appears to be triggered out of watchfulness and into action by your appearance must be explained. Anyone observing you carefully… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
On the very instant that we know that our assailant intends us serious physical harm, we must work just as fast as… — 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
Anyone who is aware of his environment knows that the peril of physical assault does exist, and that it exists everywhere and… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
Know what is behind you, and pay particular attention to anything out of place. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
The criminal does not expect his prey to fight back. May he never choose you, but, if he does, surprise him. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
Under any sort of attack, keep cool. And if you must shoot, shoot with precision. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
No sensible person ever opens the door of his house without knowing who is knocking. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
Aggressiveness carries with it an incalculable moral edge in any combat, offensive or defensive. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
What you do to prevent further felonious assault, as long as the felon is still capable of action, is justified. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
An armed man, especially if he is armed with a firearm, is dangerous as long as he is conscious. Take no chances.… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
The specific course you decide upon is, within certain parameters, less important than the vigor with which you execute it. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
Anyone who willfully and maliciously attacks another without sufficient cause jeopardize the lives of others. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
It is high time for society to stop worrying about the criminal, and to let the criminal start worrying about society. And… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
The essential thing is to bear always in mind that trouble can appear at any time. Be aware.Be ready.Be alert. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
Anger, as long as it is controlled anger, is no obstacle to efficiency. Self-control is one thing the sociopath does not usually… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
Now how do we cultivate an aggressive response? I think the answer is indignation... Your response, if attacked, must not be fear,… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
Observe your cat. It is difficult to surprise him. Why? Naturally his superior hearing is part of the answer, but not all… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
By doing what our assailant least expects us to do, we may throw him completely off. ... what he usually least suspects… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
The perfect fight is one that is over before the loser really understands what is going on. The perfect defense is a… — 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
