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Don't try to be fancy. Shoot for the center of mass. The world is full of decent people. Criminals we can do without.

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Jeff Cooper
Age: 86 †
Born: 1920
Born: May 10
Died: 2006
Died: September 25
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Anger, 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.
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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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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.
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Remember the first rule of gunfighting ... have a gun.
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One cannot legislate the maniacs off the street... these maniacs can only be shut down by an armed citizenry. Indeed bad things can happen in nations where the citizenry is armed, but not as bad as those which seem to be threatening our disarmed citizenry in this country at this time.
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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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The essential thing is to bear always in mind that trouble can appear at any time. Be aware.Be ready.Be alert.
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On the very instant that we know that our assailant intends us serious physical harm, we must work just as fast as we can.
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If you must use your hands, use them with all the strength you possess... If you choose to strike, by all means strike hard.
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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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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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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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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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Without the institution of slavery, civilization would never have been achieved, for no one could ever have done anything intellectual if he had to spend all his time hewing and digging and fighting.
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Beware the man with one gun. He can probably use it.
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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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Anyone who appears to be triggered out of watchfulness and into action by your appearance must be explained. Anyone observing you carefully must be explained. Anyone whose behavior seems to be geared to yours must be explained. If the explanation does not satisfy you, be ready to take appropriate defensive action.
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If it is ever your misfortune to be attacked, alertness will have given you a little warning, decisiveness will have given you a proper course to pursue, and if that course is to counterattack, carry it out with everything you've got! Be indignant. Be angry. Be aggressive.
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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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