Don't take our word for it. He literally wrote a song about it. Here's video of the National Rifle Association board member rocking out to his song, titled “I am the NRA,” at the 2008 NRA annual meeting, where it debuted:

Keep that in mind as the gun lobby attempts to distance itself from the aging rocker over his incendiary comments at this year's convention. Nugent is a longtime spokesman for the organization and a linchpin of their Trigger the Vote voter registration campaign.

Nugent's statement over the weekend that the Obama administration is a “vile, evil America-hating administration” that is “wiping its ass with the Constitution” was startling but not surprising. His claim that “If Barack Obama becomes the president in November, again, I will either be dead or in jail by this time next year” represented the sort of rhetoric that may be news to the Secret Service, but certainly isn't to the NRA.

Indeed, Nugent has a long, long record of inflammatory, offensive, and extreme comments, on stage, in his Washington Times columns, and on NRA Radio. His remarks over the weekend simply echo that record - and indeed, echo vicious comments made by many members of the NRA's board.

At a concert in August 2007, Nugent brandished two assault rifles while yelling, “Obama, he's a piece of shit. I told him to suck on my machine gun,” adding, “Hey Hillary, you might want to ride one of these into the sunset, you worthless bitch.”

Nine months later he was singing “I am the NRA” at their convention, with no indication that the group's leadership disagreed.