Musician Ted Nugent listens to President Obama's State of the Union speech on Capitol Hill in Washington, in February. Nugent's brother Jeffrey, in an op-ed, argues that the NRA and Ted are wrong to fight expanded background checks for gun buyers. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
2:29 pm ET -Ted Nugent's brother Jeffrey, in an op-ed, argues that the NRA and Ted are wrong to fight expanded background checks for gun buyers. Ted, naturally, doesn't take that lying down, whips out ... a pen?
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