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.
Patricia A. 'Pat' Moore. Patricia A. Pat Moore, 81, of Portersville died Tuesday after an illness. She was born on Sept. 16, 1932, in Prospect, and was the daughter of Raymond A. Shiever and Mabel L. Bryan Shiever. She retired as the post master in Connoquenessing and had worked for the U.S. Postal Service for 32 years.