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.
In the 1989 film Collision Course starring Jay Leno and Pat Morita, the Renaissance Center is featured when Morita's character and Leno meet for the first time; Morita is considered a suspect and chased through the hotel.