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Screen text: For assault weapons ban. Romney speaking: “I just signed a piece of legislation extending the ban on certain assault weapons.” Screen text: Against assault weapons ban. Romney speaking: “I do not support any new legislation of an assault weapon ban nature.” As Wallace (of Wallace and Gromit fame) famously remarked, “That is clever.” If you support banning black modern home defense sporting rifles, the ad makes Romney look weak. If you’re against banning black modern home defense sporting rifles, the ad makes him look weak. Lose – lose. politifact.com offers an excellent break-down of Mitt’s meshugas on the issue. Bottom line: he looks weak because he is weak.