Great audio of Ted Nugent talking about gun rights (via The Line Is Here):

Key quote:

I don’t need a piece of paper or a court to tell me, a free citizen of a free country, that I can’t defend myself or my family while at the same time forcing me to pay for an armed security force to come along and clean up after something goes wrong. The most basic thing that makes me free and safe is my ability to protect myself from those who would try to take away my liberty or my life.

I think what a lot of gun-control advocates don’t understand about second amendment proponents is that second amendment proponents view their gun rights as inalienable, just as the founders intended.  Much as with 1st amendment rights such as freedom of speech and freedom of the press, second amendment proponents don’t feel like their right to keep and bear arms depends on the opinions of judges of politicians.

Self defense is a right inherent to a free society, and so if we are to have a free society in America we must keep and preserve gun rights.  It really is as simple as that.