Aurora victim wanted to hear more about guns

President Obama and Mitt Romney discussed gun violence during Tuesday's town hall debate, but it wasn't enough for one victim of the mass shooting inside a Colorado movie theater.

Stephen Barton said he was happy for the question from Nina Gonzalez, who asked Obama what he plans to do to limit the availability of assault weapons. Barton, who was wounded in the face and neck inside the Aurora theater on July 20, starred in a TV ad beseeching the candidates to explain what they would do to curb gun violence.

"But sadly, there were no real answers," he said in a statement sent by Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the group that paid for the "demand a plan" ad that aired before the first debate in Denver.

"We are going to keep demanding a specific plan from both candidates to end gun violence," Barton said.

Obama and Romney said Tuesday they both want to make sure existing gun laws are enforced.

While Obama said he is seeking a "comprehensive strategy" to reduce gun violence, he did say he would like to see a ban on assault weapons reintroduced in Congress. The federal assault weapons ban expired in 2004 and the partisan divide in Congress has made it difficult to bring up any new legislation.

Fact checkers noted that Romney was wrong when he said that it is "already illegal in the country to have automatic weapons." The Los Angeles Timesreports "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."

Mayors Against Illegal Guns is co-chaired by New York's Michael Bloomberg and Boston's Thomas Menino.