NICS has blocked more than 600,000 people convicted of a crime from acquiring a weapon since 1998. When the background check system flags a purchaser for a felony or another qualifying conviction, the transaction is stopped. A surprising number of people with open arrest warrants attempt to buy a gun.
Patrick Swayze died Monday after battle with pancreatic cancer, publicist says; Swayze's doctor revealed in March 2008 that Swayze had the disease; Swayze broke through with his performance in 1987's Dirty Dancing Co-star Jennifer Grey: He was a real cowboy with a tender heart
'Dirty Dancing' star Patrick Swayze dies at 57. Patrick Swayze, the actor and classically trained dancer whose role in the enduringly popular Dirty Dancing made him a movie star, one who struggled with the alienation of fame and against being typecast as a leading man, died Monday. He was 57.