Jack Reacher's Rules

“A magazine he knew to be full, in a gun he knew to be working. A sensible step for a man who planned to live through the next five minutes.”

Next to a shotgun, a pool cue is the best weapon in a fight.

A handgun at two hundred feet is the same thing as crossing your fingers and making a wish.

No point in having a weapon at all unless it’s ready for instant use.

Don’t trust a .38-caliber revolver. You can’t rely on them to put a guy down.

A chisel plunged into the back of your head is going to seriously ruin your day.

>>HOW TO USE A CIGARETTE AS AN EFFECTIVE WEAPON

Take quick, deep pulls to heat the coal on the end of the cigarette up to a couple thousand degrees. When it has lengthened to a point like an arrow, apply quickly to a vulnerable part of the body. Such as an eye.

Rolls of quarters in your fists—good old- fashioned technology.

Choose the weapon you know for sure is in working order.

The longer a barrel, the straighter it shoots.

A cup of hot coffee is also a weapon in the right hands.

“Twelve-gauge lead shots settle most disputes at the first time of asking.”

The best way to get hold of a random untraceable gun is to steal it from someone who already stole it. That way there are no official comebacks.

Keep a gun with a single shell locked in the chamber and all the other bullets loose. More jams are caused by tired magazine springs than any other single reason.

>>CREATING A WEAPON FROM A CERAMIC BATHROOM TILE

Sharpen it into the shape of a knife. A bathroom tile, being entirely ceramic, is harder than anything except a diamond. Harder than steel, sharper than steel. And it won’t trigger a metal detector.

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