Know what is behind you, and pay particular attention to anything out of place. Jeff Cooper More Quotes by Jeff Cooper More Quotes From Jeff Cooper Under any sort of attack, keep cool. And if you must shoot, shoot with precision. Jeff Cooper self-defenseprecisionifs Buy ammunition! Remember that a man cannot have too many books, too many wines, or too much ammunition. Our adversaries on the other side are reaching for the excuse of lead poisoning. If they can push that idea through, you may wind up still owning your guns but without anything to shoot in them. Jeff Cooper winegunbook A fine marksman is with a second rate rifle is far more effective than the reverse. Jeff Cooper fineriflesgun The one who fights back retains his dignity and his self-respect. Jeff Cooper defensefightingself Most governments are designed to protect the government from the people, whereas the United States government was organized to protect the people from the government. Jeff Cooper united-statesgovernmentpeople The purpose of the pistol is to stop a fight that somebody else has started, almost always at very short range. Jeff Cooper fightinggunpurpose I am sometimes perplexed by people who refer to defensive rifles, or defensive rifle shooting. The defensive arm is the pistol, since you have it at hand to meet situations that you do not anticipate. If you have the luxury of anticipating a lethal encounter, you pick up a long arm, either a rifle or a shotgun, but in that case you go on to the attack. Thus rifle shooting is offensive, and pistol shooting is defensive. Of course, life does not always duplicate theory, and there are exceptions to everything, but nevertheless the rifle is not a defensive weapon in concept. Jeff Cooper luxurygunhands Your physical safety is up to you, as it really always has been. Jeff Cooper self-defenseup-to-yousafety Now how do we cultivate an aggressive response? I think the answer is indignation... Your response, if attacked, must not be fear, it must be anger. Jeff Cooper self-defenseanswersthinking Anyone who is aware of his environment knows that the peril of physical assault does exist, and that it exists everywhere and at all times. Jeff Cooper environmentdefensedoe It is high time for society to stop worrying about the criminal, and to let the criminal start worrying about society. And by "society" I mean you. Jeff Cooper criminalsworrymean It is long been a principal of ours that one is no more armed because he has possession of a firearm than he is a musician because he owns a piano. There is no point in having a gun if you are not capable of using it skillfully. Jeff Cooper pianogunlong There ain't many troubles that a man caint fix With seven hundred dollars and a thirty ought six. Jeff Cooper dollarssixmen Any man who is a man may not, in honor, submit to threats or violence. But many men who are not cowards are simply unprepared for the fact of human savagery. Jeff Cooper cowardhonormen The specific course you decide upon is, within certain parameters, less important than the vigor with which you execute it. Jeff Cooper decide-uponvigorimportant On the very instant that we know that our assailant intends us serious physical harm, we must work just as fast as we can. Jeff Cooper self-defenseharmserious No sensible person ever opens the door of his house without knowing who is knocking. Jeff Cooper knowinghousedoors We learn that Comrade [President of South Africa Nelson] Mandela has announced in a speech that he hopes for a bright future in South Africa for ‘liberty’ and ‘equality.’ Anyone who has thought about it realizes that liberty and equality are antithetical concepts. You can have one, or you can have the other, but you certainly cannot have both. As to that, either concept is a rather futile goal. Equality is biologically impossible, and liberty is only obtainable in homogeneous populations very thinly spread. Jeff Cooper libertypresidentgoal The proliferation of state concealed carry laws has evidently reduced the rate of violent street crime to a considerable extent. When the goblins do not know who is armed and who is not, their professional enthusiasm declines. Now that Britain has made sure (insofar as any law can so insure) that everybody is disarmed, the streets arem given back to the bad kid with the baseball bat. We hope they are satisfied. Jeff Cooper gunbaseballkids If a felon attacks you and lives, he will reasonably conclude that he can do it again. By submitting to him, you not only imperil your own life, but you jeopardize the lives of others. Jeff Cooper self-defensefelonslives-of-others
