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.
Etta James, the singer who made âAt Lastâ a classic and became one of the last survivors from early rock ânâ rollâs pantheon of soaring divas, died Friday in California, her manager said. She was 73. She had been battling leukemia and dementia.