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
law government citizens
What are we going to do if citizens are disarmed, and the government doesn't obey its own laws?
political censorship social
Political correctness is neither political nor is it correct. It amounts to social censorship, and the sooner we spit it out, the better.
justified victim self-defense
We are fully justified in valuing the life and person of an intended victim more highly than the life of a pernicious assailant. The attacker must be stopped. At once and completely.
choices savages answers
The only acceptable response to the threat of lethal violence is immediate and savage counterattack. If you resist, you just may get killed. If you don't resist you almost certainly will get killed. It is a tough choice, but there is only one right answer.
long felons action
What you do to prevent further felonious assault, as long as the felon is still capable of action, is justified.
finding-yourself be-kind tough
If you find yourself under lethal attack don't be kind. Be harsh. Be tough. Be ruthless.
blessed thinking sight
Blessed are those who, in the face of death, think only about the front sight.
mistake mean gun
The rifle is a weapon. Let there be no mistake about that. It is a tool of power, and thus dependent completely upon the moral stature of its user. It is equally useful in securing meat for the table, destroying group enemies on the battlefield, and resisting tyranny. In fact, it is the only means of resisting tyranny, since a citizenry armed with rifles simply cannot be tyrannized.
jobs moving cat
Observe your cat. It is difficult to surprise him. Why? Naturally his superior hearing is part of the answer, but not all of it. He moves well, using his senses fully. He is not preoccupied with irrelevancies. He's not thinking about his job or his image or his income tax. He is putting first things first, principally his physical security. Do likewise.
goal president liberty
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.
second-amendment liberty constitution
Let us remind ourselves again that the Second Amendment of the US Constitution should be referred to as the Statute of Liberty.
delay bears action
When under attack, it is necessary to evaluate the situation and to decide instantly upon a proper course of action, to be carried out immediately with all the force you can bring to bear. He who hesitates is indeed lost. Do not soliloquize. Do not delay. Be decisive.
country father philosophy
The conclusions seem inescapable that in certain circles a tendency has arisen to fear people who fear government. Government, as the Father of Our Country put it so well, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. People who understand history, especially the history of government, do well to fear it. For a people to express openly their fear of those of us who are afraid of tyranny is alarming. Fear of the state is in no sense subversive. It is, to the contrary, the healthiest political philosophy for a free people.
doe action appearance
Anyone who appears to be triggered out of watchfulness and into action by your appearance must be explained. Anyone observing you carefully must be explained. Anyone whose behavior seems to be geared to yours must be explained. If the explanation does not satisfy you, be ready to take appropriate defensive action.