Chris Matthews: Conservatives Think They Have ‘Theological Right’ to ‘Bazookas, a Tank’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT:

CARTER: "Well, Chris, last I checked, the Constitution and not the platform of either party was the supreme law of the land. And we know that other constitutional rights, like the right to free speech, are subject to reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions."
MATTHEWS: "Well, you know what the Republicans say in their platform? That the right to bear arms proceeds the Constitution. It's a God-given sort of theological right. They treat this like religion, governor. I don't know how to explain it. It's a religious, essential notion to them that everybody should have any kind of gun they want. Any bazookas, a tank, they never put a limit on it, ever."
RENDELL: "It's ridiculous. And I have a message to anyone out there who's a common sense person. Don't get fooled by this willingness to do something about bump stocks. Bump stocks will take care of 1% of the problem. We need them to do something about assault weapons, semiautomatic assault weapons, we need them to do something about the capacity of magazines and we need universal background checks. Come on, America, you know what's right. This is a time to stand up and give them a loud and clear and deafening message."