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.
Origins: On 21 October 2015, the web site Cant Stop Hip Hop Worldwide published an article reporting that actor Bryshere Y. Gray had been shot dead during a robbery of a convenience store: America has been robbed of great talent, as a popular celebrity was cut down in his prime by a ruthless crookâs gunshot.