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.
On July 31, 2015, Piper died in his sleep at the age of 61, in his home in Hollywood, California. His death certificate attributes this to cardiopulmonary arrest caused by hypertension, listing a pulmonary embolism as a contributing factor; TMZ reported this as a heart attack caused by the embolism.