claim: last year, "244 suspected terrorists walked into gun shops and attempted to purchase a firearm; 223 were able to get the firearm."
author: charles schumer
evidence_1: jun 20, 2016 ... a republican senator said known or suspected terrorists “cannot just walk in and  buy a firearm” at a gun store. not that same day, but 91 percent of individuals on  terrorist watch lists who have attempted to buy a firearm or explosives since 2004  were able to complete the sale — typically in three days.
evidence_2: may 16, 2017 ... [t] last year, 244 suspected terrorists walked into gun shops and attempted to  purchase a firearm; 223 were able to get the firearm. [50/50]. 5. [t] the people  who get the death penalty tend to live in places with overaggressive prosecutors  and defense lawyers who aren't up to the task of defending against ...
evidence_3: jun 16, 2016 ... wyden called upon the senate to close multiple loopholes in the nation's gun  laws and to "close the pipeline for illegal guns." here's the video of ..... in 2015  there were 244 individuals who are on the terrorist watch list who attempted to  buy weapons, and 223 of those were successful in buying the weapon.
evidence_4: on december 2, 2015, 14 people were killed and 22 others were seriously  injured in a terrorist attack consisting of a mass shooting and an attempted  bombing at the inland regional center in san bernardino, california. the  perpetrators, syed rizwan farook and tashfeen malik, a married couple living in  the city of ...
evidence_5: national commission on terrorist attacks upon the united states (public. law  107-306 ... as we complete our final report, we want to begin by thanking our fel-  .... checkpoint, what alarms may have been triggered, or what security  procedures were administered.the faa interviewed the screeners later; none  recalled any-.