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.
Published 4:00 am, Tuesday, March 9, 2004. Theresa Montana, mother of former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana and perhaps best known for her 1991 TV commercial on the benefits of carpooling, has died. Mrs. Montana, 68, died March 1 of cancer in her Calistoga home. She was a native of California, Pa., a 50-year member of the Altar Rosary Society of the Catholic Church and a longtime volunteer in charities in San Mateo and Sonoma counties.