Ted Nugent Quotes

I am a southerner who grew up with and around guns. I own some still. My father gave me a .22 rifle when I was 9 and a single barrel .410 shotgun when I was 10.

I've been handling guns since I was a kid.

The vast majority of people who have guns never hurt anybody.

It would be refreshing to have a politician try to defend guns without any reference to the Second Amendment, but on the merits of guns.

First, the firearms industry has been around and has been respected for generations. They provide a valuable service and a highly desirable product to millions of sportsmen and supporters of those second amendment rights.

I have always been fascinated with guns. I grew up in America, so, granted, it is part of our heritage, and it is written into the laws of how this country is run.

A lot of people in my state of Vermont are gun owners.

Growing up in eastern Kentucky like I did, I'm used to having a few guns around to protect me.

I am in support of the NRA position on gun control.

A well armed society is a polite society.

An armed society is a polite society.

I'm a Texan - my idea of gun control is hitting what you aim at and nothing else.

I support the work of the NRA. I'm a member of the NRA.

I strongly believe that the Second Amendment creates an individual right to possess and use guns for purposes of both hunting and self-defense.

The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a very American way of thinking.

I support gun safety measures, and I'll tell you, I grew up in a family of gun owners and hunters, and I went hunting with my dad as a kid, and you know, I have deep respect for the Second Amendment and the culture of our country.

I have never been a shooter.

It bothers me when the Hollywood elite are all so against people having guns and want rigorous gun restrictions.

Guns are part of the American identity.

Cop families have guns in their houses.

We have to fulfill what the real meaning of the Second Amendment is: reasonable access to guns for self-protection and for hunting. And there's no room in America for these semiautomatic, automatic and other kinds of weapons that are simply designed to cause mass havoc.

I love guns. I love shooting guns.

If you can't take something down in 10 bullets, you probably shouldn't even own a gun.

I think everyone should own six guns, even though I don't own any.

Generations of gun owners have taught their sons and daughters that it takes as much patience and skill to be a good shot as it does to be a good steward of a powerful weapon.