Monday Morning Gun Talk
A few quotes from the father of "the Modern Technique" of handgun shooting, Jeff Cooper.
"Personal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud, and the rifle is the queen of personal weapons."I think these should be framed and hung in every school in America, as well as in every state house, just to remind them who they work for.
"The rifle is a weapon. Let there be no mistake about that. It is a tool of power, and thus dependent completely upon the moral stature of its user. It is equally useful in securing meat for the table, destroying group enemies on the battlefield, and resisting tyranny. In fact, it is the only means of resisting tyranny, since a citizenry armed with rifles simply cannot be tyrannized."
"The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles."
—Jeff Cooper, The Art of the Rifle
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