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.
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Patrick Swayze poses with mom Patsy Swayze while being honored with a star on the Hollywod Walk of Fame in 2008. LOS ANGELES â Choreographer and dance instructor Patsy Swayze, the mother of late actor Patrick Swayze, has died. She was 86. Swayze died Monday night at her home in Simi Valley, publicist Annett Wolf said. No cause of death was given. Born in 1927, Patsy Swayze taught dance for decades, and her students included Tommy Tune and Debbie Allen.