He is against assault weapons....I think we can safely say that there is a very BIG difference (and NRA members-Mitt is one of them-would agree)that there is a HUGE difference between guns used for hunting, sport and protecting one's home and semi automatic guns that look like they came out of the military or out of a drug cartel..  Mitt understands as well as do most that  NOBODY that I know personally (and I am in the military) NEEDS an AK-47.