Congresswoman Schakowsky does something

The issueof suspected terrorists being able to buy guns is known as the "terror gap" — it is a long-standing problem in U.S. law that Congress has failed to fix. According to a 2010 GAO report on the issue: "Membership in a terrorist organization does not prohibit a person from possessing firearms or explosives under current federal law. However, for homeland security and other purposes, the FBI is notified when a firearm or explosives background check involves an individual on the terrorist watchlist." The same report found that, between February 2004 through February 2010, individuals on the terrorist watchlist were involved in firearm or explosives background checks 1,228 times. Of those, 1,119, or 91 percent, were allowed to proceed because there were no legally disqualifying factors.

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In the 111th Congress, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy introduced the "No Fly, No Buy Act," which would add people who are listed on the no fly list to the current groups of people who cannot purchase or obtain a gun — but it doesn't look like it went anywhere. In the 112th, Peter King had H.R. 1506, the Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2011 (the vast majority of the 41 cosponsors were Dems, inc. McCarthy and Maloney),

• but it also didn't go anywhere.