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.
Redbone singer Lolly Vegas dies in Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES Lolly Vegas, a co-founder of Redbone who wrote the hit Come and Get Your Love for the 1970s band, has died in Los Angeles, a spokesman said on Saturday. Vegas, 70, who had been battling cancer for several years, died at home Thursday, band spokesman Joe Ortiz said.