Emblem of the NICS. The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) is a U.S. system for determining if prospective firearms or explosives buyers' name and birth year match those of a person who is not eligible to buy.
Paul Gray, who founded heavy-metal band Slipknot, died of a drug overdose in an Iowa motel in 2010. His doctor, Dr Daniel Baldi, faces 9 counts of involuntary manslaughter stemming from the deaths of Gray and others he prescribed drugs to.
Paul is thought to have died in Rome as a martyr. The New Testament book of Acts 26 tells of Paul standing trial before the Roman Procurators Felix and then Festus.This information is used to suggest a date of about 59 AD. well-known tradition is that Paul was beheaded. The evidence available suggests that Paul died a martyr in Rome in about the mid-60s AD. That he died in Rome is the most certain, the exact date and manner of his death are more questionable.