More than 1 million people have been blocked from buying a gun after failing federal background checks since 1998. But some reasons for denial are more common than others. The cornerstone of American gun regulation is the FBIâs National Instant Criminal Background Check System, or NICS.
There were conflicting reports about the cause of death. His daughter Aly Morita said he died yesterday of heart failure at a Las Vegas hospital while longtime manager Arnold Soloway said the actor died of kidney failure at a hospital while awaiting a transplant.
When American football star Pat Tillman died in 'friendly fire' in Afghanistan, the US Army tried to cover it up. A new documentary tells the story of his family's fight for the truth. Pat Tillman, who was shot by his own comrades in Afghanistan Photo: PA.