MSNBC host Chris Matthews on Thursday accused Republicans of being  fanatics does this surprise anyone? He said Republicans support private ownership of tanks and bazookas. The drama queens on the left just can t seem to get off the topic of gun ownership and bans on guns. The Republican platform protects magazines. It protects AR-15s. It protects everything that is even discussed,  Matthews said on his show  Hardball. They haven t gotten to this bump stock thing yet, this thing that changes the gun into an automatic,  he said.  But they clearly when they hear something s coming their way, they put it in their platform and say,  Leave it alone.' They are fanatics. The Republican Party, as a party, is a fanatic party on guns,  he added.Read more: WFB