[Jeff Higgins]

I never had the priveledge of meeting the man; my loss I'm sure. I had always meant to get down to Gunsite "someday" and always put it off. He did, however, provide me with countless hours of reading enjoyment through his books and magazine articles. The man had more than an average measure of just plain old common sense, and a clarity of thought, that shone through in his writings. I'm sure he was even more well-spoken in person. The world needs men like Jeff Cooper but, unfortunately, they seem to be making fewer and fewer of them. His kind of man has grown out of fashion today; looked at as a relic from a bygone era. I, for one, think we need to get back closer to that definition of a man. Maybe I'm a relic, too.