I think that they're having quite a bit of technical difficulties with Hardball these days. It seems that there is a considerable delay between Chris and the guests. It leads to a bunch of stuttering starts and stops when someone is waiting for their feed to catch up. Makes it appear worse than it is. That being said, Matthews was obviously pissed off at this guy and didn't really care what he was saying.

Uh... I was kind of following that guy (as in, following his reasoning, not necessarily his point of view) up until his last comment that said it would have been a safer crowd (safer from what?????) if everybody had a gun.

That's the "an armed society is a polite society" idea. If everyone has a gun, they're too afraid to get too far out of line for fear they'll be shot, so everyone plays nice. One of those things that sound good on paper but doesn't exactly pan out so well in real life.

God Chris Matthews is more annoying/loud than Bill O'Reilly.

^ Is that even POSSIBLE!? O_O

The same level, maybe.. but... could he possibly be the chosen one the prophesies foretold? o.o

I can't recall a single time Chris Matthews ever invited a guest on then cut his mic. Matthews also doesn't have a daily "No Spin Zone" that that would make a dervish queasy. That leaves O'Reilly out there in front.

lol