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A fine marksman is with a second rate rifle is far more effective than the reverse.
Jeff Cooper
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Jeff Cooper
Age: 86 †
Born: 1920
Born: May 10
Died: 2006
Died: September 25
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An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it.
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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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The best personal defense is an explosive counterattack.
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Let us remind ourselves again that the Second Amendment of the US Constitution should be referred to as the Statute of Liberty.
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Aggressiveness carries with it an incalculable moral edge in any combat, offensive or defensive.
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Anyone who willfully and maliciously attacks another without sufficient cause jeopardize the lives of others.
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Your physical safety is up to you, as it really always has been.
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Bushido is all very well in its way, but it is no match for a 30-06.
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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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Safety is something that happens between your ears, not something you hold in your hands.
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In all history the only bright rays cutting the gloom of oppression have come from men who would rather get hurt than give in.
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Blessed are those who, in the face of death, think only about the front sight.
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It has long been my conviction that a masked man with a gun is a target. I see no reason to change that view.
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Buy 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 poisoning. If they can push that idea through, you may wind up still owning your guns but without anything to shoot in them.
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One of the notable aspects of the democratic process is that one need not know anything about a subject in order to pass laws about it.
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It appears that the murder rate inside prisons is ten times higher than that outside prisons. It must be due to all those Kalashnikov rifles that are issued to prisoners upon their incarceration.
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Any man who is a man may not, in honor, submit to threats or violence. But many men who are not cowards are simply unprepared for the fact of human savagery.
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The perfect fight is one that is over before the loser really understands what is going on. The perfect defense is a counterattack that succeeds before the assailant discovers that he has bitten off more than he can chew.
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Anyone who is aware of his environment knows that the peril of physical assault does exist, and that it exists everywhere and at all times.
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According 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 the truth. Perhaps we should now grant our college degrees to young men who measure up to that standard.
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