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 DeMayo died at 37, on June 3 of this year from a heroin over dose. Paul was one of the greats but suffered from depression for many years while becoming an IFBB Pro back in 1995. He served 18 months in a state prison for discharging a fire arm in city limits with no gun permit while having a domestic dispute.