UH OH, MITTEN$ JUST RAN AFOUL OF THE NRA

In the debate, Romney claimed that it's "already illegal in this country to have automatic weapons.” I didn't think that was correct and I was right:

Fact Check: Romney says it's illegal to have automatic weapons
By Brian Bennett
October 16, 2012, 9:19 p.m
LA Times

Fully automatic weapons -- guns that fire continuously when the trigger is held down -- are legal to possess in the United States but are tightly regulated.

The National Firearms Act of 1934, the Gun Control Act of 1968 and the Hughes Amendment in 1986 have all placed limits on how automatic guns can be bought and sold, but did not make it illegal to possess them entirely.

The NRA should be surprised that (1) Mitten$ didn't know the law and (2) that he doesn't agree with the NRA that the regulations should be relaxed.