The sawed-off finger signals an appreciation for the macabre that is perhaps understandable for Russian tycoons of a certain era.

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The Infected Omen Weapon Pack gives fans the infected omen skin for use on the five starting weapons: Lancer, Retro Lancer, Hammerburst, Gransher, and Sawed-Off Shotgun.

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In 1981, though, he really burst onto the scene in a huge way because he took a sawed-off shotgun, a hunting knife and a pistol and invaded the Federal Reserve.

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Legal long guns were used in 11% of killings that year, according to Statistics Canada, while illegal weapons like sawed-off shotguns and machine guns, which by definition cannot be registered, were used in another 12%.

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The device, which resembles the sawed-off head of a driver golf club, uses its Plant Care Engine (or PCE as its literature so abbreviates) to detect such important plant growth criteria as water, fertilizer, humidity, temperature and light.

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Commercials also sawed off significant amount of gross shorts, leaving them slightly net-short.

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