2013 State of the Union Address Ted Nugent: Answer to reducing gun violence "so simple, it's stupid" Rock musician Ted Nugent, a vocally pro-gun rights advocate who attended this year's State of the Union as a guest of Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Texas, told CBS News after President Obama's address that tighter gun laws are not the answer to the nation's escalating gun violence problem; strengthening detection of mental illness is.