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.
Biography. Paul Black Knopp. Paul Black Knopp, 94, of 1220 Middlebrook Avenue, Staunton, died Monday, November 17, 2008, at his home. He was born December 15, 1913, in Staunton, a son of the George Henry Knopp and Bessie Field Black Knopp. He was a graduate of R. E. Lee High School and Dunsmore Business School.