Police patrols have been reinforced in regions where incidents occurred in previous polls, including in ethnic Albanian areas, where last June one person was killed and several others wounded in gun battles.
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Ward was already on parole for a previousgun violation -- unlawful use of a firearm -- when he shot Pendleton, McCarthy said.
Previous attempts to pass a gun-control law have failed, so the government has put a clause in its bill promising that the restrictions on gun sales would only come into effect if approved by a national referendum.
However, Mr Buffett said he had reloaded his "elephant gun", a reference to a previous comment in 2011 that he was using such a weapon to look for acquisitions.