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
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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.
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It is true that a victim who fights back may suffer for it, but one who does not almost certainly will suffer for it.
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All the people constitute the militia - according to the Founding Fathers. Therefore every able-bodied man has a duty under the Constitution to become part of the "well-regulated" militia, specifically to understand and perform well with the individual weapon currently issued to the regular establishment. . . . Thus one who has not qualified himself with the M-16 may not be considered to be a responsible citizen.
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Pick up a rifle and you change instantly from a subject to a citizen.
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Offering democracy to an Arab is like bringing a horse to a steakhouse.
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Your mind-set is your primary weapon
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Democracy has many definitions, but what's in it for me is not an element of any of them.
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A smart man only believes half of what he hears, a wise man knows which half.
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The specific course you decide upon is, within certain parameters, less important than the vigor with which you execute it.
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It seems evident that the basis for civil safety is homogeneity. A culture which is socially uniform is pretty well devoid of informal violence.
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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.
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The criminal does not expect his prey to fight back. May he never choose you, but, if he does, surprise him.
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The purpose of the pistol is to stop a fight that somebody else has started, almost always at very short range.
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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.