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An armed man is a citizen; unarmed, he is merely a subject

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    Our latest scholarship recipients at the Sconce October 30, 2026.
Lindy with Jesse Duffield, Lance Duffield and Kevin Ward.
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    Our latest scholarship recipients at the Sconce October 30, 2026. Lindy with Jesse Duffield, Lance Duffield and Kevin Ward.
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    Col. Cooper with his sporterized #3040krag at #gunsite. Photo restored & enhanced using Ai.
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    Col. Cooper with his sporterized #3040krag at #gunsite. Photo restored & enhanced using Ai.
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    What do you suppose the lesson being taught here is? #Tommygun #JeffCooper #API
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    What do you suppose the lesson being taught here is? #Tommygun #JeffCooper #API
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    Our latest scholarship recipients at the Sconce October 2, 2026.  Eric Brooks, Mike Metzler, Lindy, David Lis and Mildred Chernofsky.
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    Our latest scholarship recipients at the Sconce October 2, 2026. Eric Brooks, Mike Metzler, Lindy, David Lis and Mildred Chernofsky.
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    Hear, hear!
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    Hear, hear!
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    Jeff with some of his earliest and youngest students, perhaps?  Big Bear Lake, California.
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    Jeff with some of his earliest and youngest students, perhaps? Big Bear Lake, California.
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    If you are a shooting/gun club with a place to meet and space for a library, we are offering to seed your own version of The Cooper Shelf with a selection of Jeff Cooper’s books to get you started.  Please visit our website for details.  jeffcooperfoundation.org &  Spread the word!  Thank you!!
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    If you are a shooting/gun club with a place to meet and space for a library, we are offering to seed your own version of The Cooper Shelf with a selection of Jeff Cooper’s books to get you started. Please visit our website for details. jeffcooperfoundation.org & Spread the word! Thank you!!
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    Jeff out with daughter, Parry, doing some shooting.  August 1970.
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    Jeff out with daughter, Parry, doing some shooting. August 1970.
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    Our Mission:

    Our purpose is to promote and perpetuate the teachings and philosophy of Jeff Cooper, with special emphasis on the proper techniques for the use of small arms, the importance of self-reliance and the individual right and duty of self-defense.

    The Foundation awards scholarships for training and education in the Cooper tradition.   In addition, it preserves, archives and maintains  Colonel Cooper’s writings and personal collections so that they may provide study and learning opportunities and inspiration for generations to come.

    Photo Gallery

    Parry as Snow Queen of 1964.
    Parry as Snow Queen of 1964.
    The Cooper family in Big Bear in December of 1958.
    The Cooper family in Big Bear in December of 1958.
     A very young, blond Jeff with nurse on the lawn at Hoover Street, circa 1921
    A very young, blond Jeff with nurse on the lawn at Hoover Street, circa 1921
    Some of the early competitors, Jeff is in the middle.
    Some of the early competitors, Jeff is in the middle.
     Uncle Les' obituary.
    Uncle Les' obituary.
     Young Jeff on the steps of the Hoover Street house with the family collie, Napoleon.
    Young Jeff on the steps of the Hoover Street house with the family collie, Napoleon.

    Random Quote:

    “It appears that the murder rate inside prisons is ten times higher than that outside prisons. It must be due to all those Kalashnikov rifles that are issued to prisoners upon their incarceration.”

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