Jeff Cooper

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

It appears that the murder rate inside prisons is ten times higher than that outside prisons. It must be due to all…

— Jeff Cooper

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

Therefore, if you are attacked, retaliate instantly. Be sudden. Be quick. Speed is your salvation.

— Jeff Cooper

Political correctness is neither political nor is it correct. It amounts to social censorship, and the sooner we spit it out, the…

— Jeff Cooper

The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil…

— Jeff Cooper

If violent crime is to be curbed, it is only the intended victim who can do it. The felon does not fear…

— Jeff Cooper

Any man who is a man may not, in honor, submit to threats or violence. But many men who are not cowards…

— Jeff Cooper

Weapons compound man's power to achieve; they amplify the capabilities of both the good man and the bad, and to exactly the…

— Jeff Cooper

It has long been my conviction that a masked man with a gun is a target. I see no reason to change…

— Jeff Cooper

A fine marksman is with a second rate rifle is far more effective than the reverse.

— Jeff Cooper

You better be looking for another pitcher.

— Jeff Cooper

It is true that a victim who fights back may suffer for it, but one who does not almost certainly will suffer…

— Jeff Cooper

If a felon attacks you and lives, he will reasonably conclude that he can do it again. By submitting to him, you…

— Jeff Cooper

An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it.

— Jeff Cooper

If you find yourself under lethal attack don't be kind. Be harsh. Be tough. Be ruthless.

— Jeff Cooper

Democracy has many definitions, but what's in it for me is not an element of any of them.

— Jeff Cooper

All the people constitute the militia - according to the Founding Fathers. Therefore every able-bodied man has a duty under the Constitution…

— Jeff Cooper

Your mind-set is your primary weapon

— Jeff Cooper

The purpose of the pistol is to stop a fight that somebody else has started, almost always at very short range.

— Jeff Cooper

We thought everybody knew by now that barrel length has almost nothing to do with accuracy. I believe the myth of the…

— Jeff Cooper

“commander may be forgiven for being defeated, but never for being surprised.”

— Jeff Cooper

Let us remind ourselves again that the Second Amendment of the US Constitution should be referred to as the Statute of Liberty.

— Jeff Cooper

It seems that the concealed carry policy now in effect in 30 states is unfair to goblins. They cannot tell who is…

— Jeff Cooper

We learn that Comrade [President of South Africa Nelson] Mandela has announced in a speech that he hopes for a bright future…

— Jeff Cooper