Use your eyes. Do not enter unfamiliar areas that you cannot observe f…

Jeff Cooper
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Use 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 something solid behind you when you pause. ✨ Jeff Cooper (2006). Principles of Personal Defense: Revised Edition, p.15, Paladin Press
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