Ted Nugent is famous for his rock music and prowess with an electric guitar. He’s also famous for his love of hunting, firearms, personal freedom and the NRA--not to mention his tell-it-like-it-is style.

All of the above were on display in classic fashion Sunday afternoon at the 139th NRA Annual Meetings in Charlotte, N.C.

“If you have someone in your life who is not an NRA member, it is your duty to fix them,” said Nugent, who also serves on the NRA Board of Directors.

Nugent is never one to mince words or refrain from speaking his mind, and his legendary disdain for anti-hunters and anti-gunners was in rare form at the Charlotte Convention Center.

“I spend every waking moment crushing anti-hunters and anti-gunners,” he jubilantly told his fans, many of whom lined up outside the auditorium more than an hour before the seminar’s 12:30 p.m. start.

The approximately 1,000 NRA members in attendance were treated to Nugent’s legendary rock music, as he played songs in tribute to his late friend Fred Bear, the well-known archery manufacturer, as well as the men and women who have given their lives and health while serving in the military.

“If you want to say thank you to a hero, buy them an NRA membership,” he said.

Nugent is a devoted hunter and conservationist and takes hunting so seriously that he halts his busy music career and public speaking schedule every fall to go hunting with friends and family.

“I wake up early and work extremely hard to be extremely productive so I can take the entire hunting season off,” Nugent said. “I extremely crave opening day of deer season.”

He may be known as the “Music City Madman,” but Nugent made it clear that he’s bent on ending what he calls the “crazy” ideology of anti-gunners and anti-hunters.

“When you ban hunting and fishing, then the government hires guys to shoot and net them for you. Ain’t that crazy?” he said. “So our job is to fix crazy.”

Nugent said to accomplish that we need to initiative dialogue about hunting and firearms, not defend ourselves after the fact. He also said we need to be more proactive in writing letters to newspapers and elected officials. Above all, he said we must support lawmakers who believe in the Second Amendment, become active in the NRA, and work to recruit more people into the NRA family.

“The charge of Charlotte 2010 should be single: You get it. You are involved. You are part of the most important grassroots organization in the history of mankind. I refuse to believe every one of you couldn’t sign up one new NRA member once a month,” Nugent said.