National Rifle Association board member Ted Nugent attacked victims of a stabbing spree at a Minnesota mall, calling them “so pathetic” and claiming, “Apparently most Americans like being victims as it is clear they are incapable of waking up to self defense 101.”

During the evening of September 17, a man used a knife to attack shoppers at Crossroads Center, a mall in St. Cloud, MN. Nine victims received injuries that were weren't life-threatening before the perpetrator was fatally shot by an off-duty police officer. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Nugent reacted to the attack by writing on Facebook, “Unarmed & helpless is so pathetic. Apparently most Americans like being victims as it is clear they are incapable of waking up to self defense 101. Sad soulless & embarrassing”:

In a October 2015 column at conspiracy website WorldNetDaily following a mass shooting at an Oregon community college, Nugent wrote that “losers" who don't carry a gun “get cut down by murderous maniacs like blind sheep to slaughter.” (Students on campus were actually armed at the time of the attack.)

Nugent’s WND column appears to be defunct. In recent months he has been using his Facebook page to publish a series of columns in support of GOP nominee Donald Trump that all end with the statement, “Let’s make America great again. Vote Trump for president.”