The political offensive has already begun, as last-minute meetings with gun-rights groups, victims of criminals and more just before handing recommendations to the president is clearly a political maneuver.

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Members of the public gathered at the Garden of Remembrance adjacent to the Scott Monument for a two-minute silence, marked by a gun from Edinburgh Castle.

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But its monsters grow tackier by the minute first giant metallic ladybirds, then gun-toting rhinos, while Gary Oldman's space buccaneer cradles a familiar that is part Dumbo, part Babar the elephant.

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Fitzgerald won the Republican primary against state Comptroller Loleta Didrickson despite last-minute appeals from Republican moderates who said that nominating a pro-gun, anti-abortion conservative could ruin any chances of defeating Moseley-Braun.

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The latest model, known as Spooky II, has three large guns projecting from the left side of the fuselage: a 25mm Gatling gun that can fire up to 1, 800 rounds per minute, and 40mm and 105mm cannons.

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Jimmy Smith headed the League One side ahead in the 35th minute at the Liberty Stadium, but the Swans levelled on the stroke of half-time through Cedric van der Gun.

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