Jeff CooperUse your eyes. Do not enter unfamiliar areas that you cannot observe first. Make it a practice to swing wide around corners, use window glass for rearward visibility, and get some… ▶371Sadness
Jeff CooperLet 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. ✨ Jeff Cooper (2006). Principles… ▶361Life
Jeff CooperI have long had a tendency to tie marksmanship to morality. The essence of good marksmanship is self-control, and self-control is the essence of good citizenship. It is too easy t… ▶372Reflection
Jeff CooperWhen 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… ▶373Truth
Jeff CooperYour mind-set is your primary weapon373Thought
Jeff CooperDon't try to be fancy. Shoot for the center of mass. The world is full of decent people. Criminals we can do without. ✨ Jeff Cooper (2006). Principles of Personal Defense: R… ▶363Humanity
Jeff CooperA fine marksman is with a second rate rifle is far more effective than the reverse. ✨ Jeff Cooper (1998). To Ride, Shoot Straight, and Speak the Truth, p.172, Paladin Press<… ▶363Truth
Jeff CooperA smart man only believes half of what he hears, a wise man knows which half.331Love
Jeff CooperThe 1911 pistol remains the service pistol of choice in the eyes of those who understand the problem. Back when we audited the FBI academy in 1947, I was told that I ought not to … ▶366Thought
Jeff CooperOne correspondent, who is into psychology, notes that in his experience people who are hoplophobes are nearly always nutty in other ways, too. Hoplophobia [fear of guns], of cours… ▶355HumanityLifePolitics
Jeff CooperThe proliferation of right-to-carry laws throughout the states has drawn plaintive complaints from the criminal element. They feel that it makes their profession too dangerous whe… ▶377LifePolitics
Jeff CooperPersonal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud, and the rifle is the queen of personal weapons. The possession of a good rifle, as well as the skill to use it well, truly… ▶366HumanityLovePolitics
Jeff CooperAnyone 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 (2006). Principles … ▶356Time
Jeff CooperAll 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 m… ▶301DeathHumanityReflection
Jeff CooperBlessed are those who, in the face of death, think only about the front sight.334DeathThought
Jeff CooperThe 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 … ▶301HopeLifePolitics
Jeff CooperThe police cannot protect the citizen at this stage of our development, and they cannot even protect themselves in many cases. It is up to the private citizen to protect himself a… ▶301Truth
Jeff CooperAnyone who willfully and maliciously attacks another without sufficient cause jeopardize the lives of others. ✨ Principles of Personal Defense: Revised Edition.291Sadness
Jeff CooperAggressiveness carries with it an incalculable moral edge in any combat, offensive or defensive. ✨ Jeff Cooper (2006). Principles of Personal Defense: Revised Edition, p.25,… ▶357Hope
Jeff CooperThe one who anticipates the action wins. The one who does not, loses. ✨ Jeff Cooper (2006). Principles of Personal Defense: Revised Edition, p.14, Paladin Press336Reading
Jeff CooperPersonal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud, and the rifle is the queen of personal weapons. ✨ Jeff Cooper (2002). Art of the Rifle: Special Colour Edition, p.8,… ▶271Humanity
Jeff CooperNever assume that simply having a gun makes you a marksman. You are no more armed because you are wearing a pistol than you are a musician because you own a guitar. ✨ Jeff C… ▶305Politics
Jeff CooperThe media insist that crime is the major concern of the American public today. In this connection they generally push the point that a disarmed society would be a crime-free socie… ▶294HumanityTruth
Jeff CooperWe continue to be exasperated by the view, apparently gaining momentum in certain circles, that armed robbery is okay as long as nobody gets hurt! The proper solution to armed rob… ▶3410DeathTime
Jeff CooperAnger, as long as it is controlled anger, is no obstacle to efficiency. Self-control is one thing the sociopath does not usually possess. Use yours to his undoing.329Time
Jeff CooperIf a principle exists it must be immutable, for that is what a principle is - a truth standing apart from the mood of the times. ✨ Jeff Cooper (2006). Principles of Personal… ▶274TimeTruth
Jeff CooperNot long ago it was easy to tell who the bad guys were. They carried Kalashnikovs. Now it is much more complicated, but one thing is sure - any man who covers his face and packs a… ▶318Humor
Jeff CooperBuy 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 poiso… ▶307ReadingThought
Jeff CooperAccording to Herodotus, the ancient Persians felt that what was necessary in the background of a young man entering adulthood was his ability to ride, shoot straight, and speak th… ▶241Truth
Jeff CooperOwning a handgun doesn't make you armed any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician.329Truth
