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Your physical safety is up to you, as it really always has been.

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Jeff Cooper
Age: 86 †
Born: 1920
Born: May 10
Died: 2006
Died: September 25
Author
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Journalist
Military Officer
Sport Shooter
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LA
California
Always
Safety
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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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Know what is behind you, and pay particular attention to anything out of place.
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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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A smart man only believes half of what he hears, a wise man knows which half.
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Remember the first rule of gunfighting ... have a gun.
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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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The best personal defense is an explosive counterattack.
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Blessed are those who, in the face of death, think only about the front sight.
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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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The one who anticipates the action wins. The one who does not, loses.
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Not to our surprise, we discover that gun crime in Britain is up 10.9 percent since the disarmament of the private citizen.
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Not 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 gun is a legitimate target for any decent citizen.
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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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Under any sort of attack, keep cool. And if you must shoot, shoot with precision.
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Personal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud, and the rifle is the queen of personal weapons.... Pick up a rifle - a really good rifle - and if you know how to use it well, you change instantly from a mouse to a man, from a peon to a caballero, and - most significantly - from a subject to a citizen.
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At long last I have discovered that most shooters are not interested in firearms as tools, but rather as toys. Such people do not acquire their weapons because of what they will do, but rather to gratify the Christmas morning joy that we largely left behind in our childhood.
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An armed man, especially if he is armed with a firearm, is dangerous as long as he is conscious. Take no chances. Put him out.
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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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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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