Fact check: Romney criticized for assault-weapons ban

Mitt Romney’s record on gun control came up this week during debate for a U.S. Senate seat in Utah, a conservative Western state with strong support for the Second Amendment.Romney’s opponent, Republican Utah state lawmaker Mike Kennedy, criticized him for signing an assault-weapons ban as governor of Massachusetts, a state that’s long had tough gun laws.The two men are vying to replace long-serving Sen. Orrin Hatch, who is retiring after more than four decades. They’ll c