Jeff Cooper
Jeff Cooper
John Dean "Jeff" Cooperwas a United States Marine, the creator of the "modern technique" of handgun shooting, and an expert on the use and history of small arms...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCelebrity
Date of Birth10 May 1920
CountryUnited States of America
safety culture uniforms
It seems evident that the basis for civil safety is homogeneity. A culture which is socially uniform is pretty well devoid of informal violence.
fighting purpose pistols
The purpose of the pistol is to stop a fight that somebody else has started, almost always at very short range.
felons self-defense lives-of-others
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.
warning littles alertness
If it is ever your misfortune to be attacked, alertness will have given you a little warning, decisiveness will have given you a proper course to pursue, and if that course is to counterattack, carry it out with everything you've got! Be indignant. Be angry. Be aggressive.
causes consideration self-defense
Anyone who willfully and maliciously attacks another without sufficient cause deserves no consideration.
fighting perfect defense
The perfect fight is one that is over before the loser really understands what is going on. The perfect defense is a counterattack that succeeds before the assailant discovers that he has bitten off more than he can chew.
fighting self defense
The one who fights back retains his dignity and his self-respect.
couple warrior gun
Already a couple of the faithful have sent in checks for a foundation memorial to the innocents who perished at the hands of the ninja at Waco. ... I have been criticized by referring to our federal masked men as "ninja" ... Let us reflect upon the fact that a man who covers his face shows reason to be ashamed of what he is doing. A man who takes it upon himself to shed blood while concealing his identity is a revolting perversion of the warrior ethic. It has long been my conviction that a masked man with a gun is a target. I see no reason to change that view.
safety up-to-you self-defense
Your physical safety is up to you, as it really always has been.
hands safety ears
Safety is something that happens between your ears, not something you hold in your hands.
worry action self-defense
Let your attacker worry about his life. Don't hold back. Strike no more after he is incapable of further action, but see that he is stopped.
mistake government slavery
[T]he only thing the United States government ever did about slavery was to abolish it. Perhaps that was a mistake, but I do not feel inclined to apologize for it.
self-defense precision ifs
Under any sort of attack, keep cool. And if you must shoot, shoot with precision.
morning people long
At long last I have discovered that most shooters are not interested in firearms as tools, but rather as toys. Such people do not acquire their weapons because of what they will do, but rather to gratify the "Christmas morning joy" that we largely left behind in our childhood.