Singer and National Rifle Association board member Ted Nugent on Friday criticized the high school students who have become gun control advocates after surviving the mass shooting at their school in Parkland, Florida, in February.
"The level of ignorance goes beyond stupidity," Nugent said in a radio interview. He continued:
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