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There ain't many troubles that a man caint fix With seven hundred dollars and a thirty ought six.

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Jeff Cooper
Age: 86 †
Born: 1920
Born: May 10
Died: 2006
Died: September 25
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Your physical safety is up to you, as it really always has been.
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Fight back! Whenever you are offered violence, fight back! The aggressor does not fear the law, so he must be taught to fear you. Whatever the risk, and at whatever the cost, fight back!
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Remember the first rule of gunfighting ... have a gun.
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Under any sort of attack, keep cool. And if you must shoot, shoot with precision.
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By doing what our assailant least expects us to do, we may throw him completely off. ... what he usually least suspects is instant, violent counterattack, so the principle of aggressiveness is closely tied to threat of surprise.
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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.
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