In writing this post mentioning Col. Cooper, I came across these videos.
I consider the Colonel a modern philosopher, and an expert teacher. His life he proved that he had a great ability to think about a subject and to compile the work of others into a concise whole. Also he does an amazing job at condensing things into clear and easy to understand ways. Furthermore he had quite the dry sense of humor, which makes him quite entertaining to listen to or read, so you ENJOY learning what he’s teaching.
And I thought I’d put this video last. This video was shot in 2005, The colonel passed away September 25, 2006. You can see that he’s old, frail, but Still Jeff Cooper. I like this tho because it certainly slays the stupid anti-rights axiom of “He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword”. Jeff Cooper lived by the gun for damn sure, and he died at home in his bed with countless loved ones looking out for him.
Furthermore when word of his death got out, countless people who had never met him mourned his loss and celebrated his life. That, people, is how you do it!
I once sent him a letter regarding something he wrote in one of his columns, and he was nice enough to send me a personal reply. Unfortunately, after many moves, the letter seemed to have vanished. Be hard to find someone close to his Life Experience and Shooting Expertise nowadays. Too bad he wasn’t able to keep the Competition Shooting from getting out of hand, with Race Guns and all.
I’m a huge fan of Cooper’s writings. I downloaded all the Cooper’s Commentaries and saved them to my Nook. Although I’ve read them all, I never have a problem pulling them up and rereading them whenever I’m bored.
They don’t make ’em like that anymore!