From the transcript:
CUMMINGS: I still got one pending, that`s assault with a deadly weapon charge pending, and I never even -- my guns were at home locked up in the gun cabinet. Just because I`ve been on TV and because I`ve said, you know, That`s my daughter that`s missing. So just because I said I`ll kill them (EXPLETIVE DELETED) if I find them before you all do, ever since then, people been calling and saying I`ve been (EXPLETIVE DELETED) threatening them with guns and everything else. And all it is, is because they know I got guns, because I love my daughter, you know? Everybody that`s ever seen anything about it knows about it. And please don`t never tell nobody that I`ve done this before.
I'm not sure if the transcript is verbatim, I don't hear "because I love my daughter", I hear just "because of my daughter" and that's what the subtitles say on the video too. Maybe Nancy Grace edited the transcript to remind everybody that he's a loving father?
But anyway, does his reasoning make sense to you? Because it doesn't make sense to me. Lots of people know that a lot of other people have guns but it doesn't make them all call the police that they're being threatened. And if I know that some guy has threatened to kill whoever took his daughter, how would I benefit from falsely suggesting that it's me he's trying to kill? It seems like an utterly stupid move to me...