Jeff Cooper
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"John Dean "Jeff" Cooper" was a United States Marine and the creator of what is known as "the Modern Technique of the Pistol/Modern Technique" of handgun shooting, and one of the 20th century's foremost international experts on the use and history of small arms.

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The police cannot protect the citizen at this stage of our development, and they cannot even protect themselves in many cases. It is up to the private citizen to protect himself and his family, and this is not only acceptable, but mandatory.

The will to survive is not as important as the will to prevail... the answer to criminal aggression is retaliation.

Safety is something that happens between your ears, not something you hold in your hands.

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.

Owning a handgun doesn't make you armed any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician.

You better be looking for another pitcher.

We continue to be exasperated by the view, apparently gaining momentum in certain circles, that armed robbery is okay as long as nobody gets hurt! The proper solution to armed robbery is a dead robber, on the scene.

It doesn't even look anything like it used to. What we wanted to keep was the good food. I used to like eating in here.

A smart man only believes half of what he hears, a wise man knows which half.