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On Inner-City Violence:
"…the consensus is that no more than
five to ten people in a hundred who die by gunfire
in Los Angeles are any loss to society. These people
fight small wars amongst themselves. It would seem
a valid social service to keep them well-supplied with
ammunition."
Cooper's Corner, Guns and Ammo
On the value of diversity:
"The goal of good government is the optimum
balance of liberty and order. Social diversity does not
pull in that direction. Liberty is what we seek over
the centuries, but if we grant it to too diverse a population,
order disappears. Regarding the United States… it would
seem that we ought to choose assimilation over diversity.
It seems to me that diversity, rather than being a goal
to be sought, should be an obstacle to be circumvented." Jeff
Cooper's Commentaries (self-published newsletter)
On Federal Law Enforcement Officials:
"Already a couple of the faithful have sent
in checks for a foundation memorial to the innocents
who perished at the hands of the ninja at Waco. ... I
have been criticized by referring to our federal masked
men as "ninja" … [L]et us reflect upon the
fact that a man who covers his face shows reason to be
ashamed of what he is doing. A man who takes it upon
himself to shed blood while concealing his identity is
a revolting perversion of the warrior ethic. It has long
been my conviction that a masked man with a gun is a
target. I see no reason to change that view."
Cooper’s Commentaries (self-published newsletter)
On Crime:
"It is certainly difficult to render a calm
and compassionate view of our
current system of justice. After a legal friend of ours had
his car trashed on the street, apparently just for kicks,
he suggested that the proper solution to our inner city problem
might be the mass drowning of street punks. Every month in
a different big city we should sew up a thousand of them
in a huge sack and dump it into the Mississippi. Such ideas
may appear fanciful, but the decent people of this country
are increasingly driven against the wall. ... While the federal
ninja drive around in their black uniforms and face masks,
we note that they never seem to bother the street gangs."
Cooper's Commentaries (self-published newsletter)
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BIO
Nominated for re-election by Nominating Committee. Author, lecturer,
trainer. consultant. small-arms designer. Born Los Angeles. 1920.
B.A. Political Science. Stanford. M.A. History, U.C.R. Retired
Lieutenant Colonel of Marines. Founder, Southwest Pistol League:
Founder and President, Gunsite Raven Corporation; Founder and Director.
American Pistol Institute in Arizona. Founder, President, and Lifetime
Honorary Chairman, International Practical Shooting Confederation.
Member of NRA Board of Directors since 1985. Elected to NRA Executive
Council in 2002. Lifetime big game hunter on five continents. Co-designer
of the modern technique of the pistol. Originator of the modern
Scout Rifle concept. Awarded Outstanding American Handgunner, 1995;
Soldier of Fortune's Shootist of the Century, 2000: St. Gabriel
Possenti Society medal, 2001. Editor-at-Large and columnist, Guns & Ammo
magazine. Author: Fireworks, To Ride, Shoot Straight and Speak
the Truth. Another Country, Principles of Personal Defense, Gargantuan
Gunsite Gossip I & II, The Art of the Rifle and Jeff Cooper's
Commentaries.
Mr. Cooper was re-elected to the NRA Board of Directors in 2003
for a 3 year term.
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