Jessica Graves (R) of Brampton, Ontario is embraced by Queens Own Rifles of Canada Association former president Brian Budden after scattering the ashes of her late grandfather, Canadian sniper William "Boots" Bettridge, on the beach where he landed on D-Day in Bernieres sur Mer, France June 6, 2014. World leaders and veterans gathered by the beaches of Normandy on Friday to mark the 70th anniversary of World War Two's D-Day landings. Boots Bettridge passed away in 2012. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY CONFLICT)

EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO COMMERCIAL OR BOOK SALES. A pro-Russian rebel of the Battalion Vostok, aims a sniper's rifle at the local administration building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, May 29, 2014. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) 

EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO COMMERCIAL OR BOOK SALES. A pro-Russian rebel of the Battalion Vostok, aims a sniper's rifle at the local administration building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, May 29, 2014. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) 

A rebel fighter works on an improvised sniper equipment inside a room where he is taking position at the Handarat frontline near Aleppo Central prison May 27, 2014. REUTERS/Hosam Katan (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) 

Members of the French National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (GIGN) special forces train May 13, 2014 at a shooting range at their headquarters in Satory, near Paris. Picture taken May 13, 2014. REUTERS/Charles Platiau (FRANCE - Tags: CRIME LAW)

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EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO COMMERCIAL OR BOOK SALES. A pro-Russian rebel aims his anti-tank rifle between blocks of concrete at a frontline rebel position near the eastern Ukrainian village of Semenivka May 16, 2014. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO COMMERCIAL OR BOOK SALES. A pro-Russian rebel uses the scope of a sniper's rifle to check the area around a rebel-held position on the outskirts of the eastern Ukrainian town of Slaviansk may 15, 2014. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO COMMERCIAL OR BOOK SALES. A local man rides a moped as a pro-Russian rebel uses the scope of a sniper's rifle to check the area around a rebel-held position on the outskirts of the eastern Ukrainian town of Slaviansk May 15, 2014. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) 

EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO COMMERCIAL OR BOOK SALES. A woman crosses a bridge as a pro-Russian rebel looks through the scope of a sniper's rifle to check the area around a rebel held position on the outskirts of the eastern Ukrainian town of Slaviansk May 15, 2014. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A military cadet looks through the scope of a sniper rifle during the International tri-service defense Exhibition and Conference dedicated to Defense, Aerospace, Homeland Security, Cyber Security and Safety & Security in Bucharest May 14, 2014. REUTERS/Radu Sigheti (ROMANIA - Tags: MILITARY) 

Kurdish female fighters of the Women Protection Unit (YPJ) attend military training near Qamishli city May 11, 2014. Picture taken May 11, 2014. REUTERS/Massoud Mohammed (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A paratrooper from the U.S. Army's 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team looks at the sniper rifle of a Polish soldier as they participate in training exercises with the Polish 6 Airborne Brigade' soldiers at the Land Forces Training Centre in Oleszno near Drawsko Pomorskie, north west Poland, May 1, 2014. American ground troops who arrived in Poland last week took part in military exercises with Polish parachuters as a part of NATO cooperation. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel (POLAND - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS) 

A rebel fighter's Dragunov sniper rifle is seen inside a room in Bureij neighbourhood of Aleppo April 30, 2014. REUTERS/Jalal Al-Mamo (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) 

Interior Ministry members stand guard at an Ukrainian Interior Ministry base in Donetsk March 29, 2014. Russia said on Saturday it had "no intention" of invading eastern Ukraine, responding to Western warnings over a military buildup on the border following Moscow's annexation of the Crimean peninsula. REUTERS/Stringer (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY) 

Members of Saudi special forces aim their guns during a training session in Darma, west of Riyadh March 26, 2014. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser (SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

An official of Caracal, a United Arab Emirates weapon manufacturing company describes one of their sniper rifles to an attendee at the Bahrain International Air Show held at the Sakir airbase south of Manama January 18, 2014. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed (BAHRAIN - Tags: BUSINESS TRANSPORT) 

A French sniper holds his rifle in Bangui December 8, 2013. France is deploying 1,600 troops to its former colony after the U.N. Security Council on Thursday authorised it to use force to help African peacekeepers struggling to restore order. REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Tags: CONFLICT MILITARY) 

A French military sniper readies his rifle in Bangui December 8, 2013. France is deploying 1,600 troops to its former colony after the U.N. Security Council on Thursday authorised it to use force to help African peacekeepers struggling to restore order. REUTERS/Herve Serefio (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY) 

A French sniper readies his rifle in Bangui December 8, 2013. France is deploying 1,600 troops to its former colony after the U.N. Security Council on Thursday authorised it to use force to help African peacekeepers struggling to restore order. REUTERS/Herve Serefio (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Tags: MILITARY CONFLICT) 

A Free Syrian Army fighter runs to avoid snipers loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in old Aleppo December 3, 2013. Picture taken December 3, 2013. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hebbo (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A Palestinian militant of al-Mujahideen brigades is pictured through a piece of metal as he aims his gun during a drill in front of the media in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip November 15, 2013. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA) 

Participants fire their infantry and assault rifles during the traditional 'Ruetlischiessen' (Ruetli shooting) competition at the Ruetli meadow in central Switzerland November 6, 2013. One thousand, one hundred and fifty two participants took part in the annual shooting event, a tradition since 1860, over a distance of 300 metres (984 ft). REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Mohammad (R), a 13 year-old fighter from the Free Syrian Army, aims his weapon as he runs from snipers loyal to the Syrian regime in Aleppo's Bustan al-Basha district October 29, 2013. Mohammad joined the Free Syrian Army after his father died during clashes with the Syrian regime. The gun he is using was his father's. REUTERS/Molhem Barakat (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY CONFLICT) 

A member of the 'Al-Sultan Murad' brigade, operating under the Free Syrian Army, carries his weapon as he moves along piled tyres used as protection from snipers loyal to Syria's president Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo's Bustan al-Basha district October 28, 2013. REUTERS/Molhem Barakat (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) 

Free Syrian Army fighters calibrate a sniper rifle in Deir al-Zor October 14, 2013. Picture taken October 14, 2013. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) 

A Free Syrian Army fighter is silhouetted as he calibrates his sniper rifle in Deir al-Zor October 14, 2013. Picture taken October 14, 2013. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) 

Free Syrian Army fighters take positions behind a damaged car as they fire their weapons during an offensive against forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's Salaheddine neighbourhood, October 9, 2013. Tyres and other objects are set on fire to provide cover from the snipers loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad. REUTERS/Malek Alshemali (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) MILITARY) 

Mohammed al-Karaz, a Free Syrian Army fighter who said he lost one of his legs during the recent violence in Syria, aims his weapon as he sits in his shooting position in the al-Soukhour neighbourhood of Aleppo October 5, 2013. Karaz, 32, who is married with two children, is the commander of the al-Yasser battalion, which is part of the Tawhid Brigade that operates under the Free Syrian Army. Karaz said he lost his leg during clashes in the Suleiman al-Halabi neighbourhood a year ago, but still continues to fight on the frontline of the al-Soukhour neighbourhood of Aleppo. Picture taken October 5, 2013. REUTERS/Hamid Khatib (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Um Radwan, a female fighter in the Free Syrian Army, runs for cover from snipers loyal to the Syrian regime in Aleppo's Bustan al-Basha district October 3, 2013. Um Radwan joined the Free Syrian Army after the death of her husband, who was also a Free Syrian Army fighter, according to activists. REUTERS/Muzaffar Salman (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Abu Ali, an 84-year-old whom activists say is the oldest Free Syrian Army fighter in Deir al-Zor, carries his weapon as he runs to avoid snipers loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, October 2, 2013. Abu Ali is a member of the "Al-Ikhlas" brigade operating under the Free Syrian Army and he leads one of the brigade's group, activists said. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi (SYRIA - Tags: CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST) 

Israeli soldiers take up position during clashes with Palestinian stone throwers in the West Bank city of Hebron September 22, 2013.

REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma (WEST BANK - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST RELIGION) 

A female member of the "Mother Aisha" battalion receives instruction as she holds a rifle during military training in Aleppo's Salaheddine district, September 19, 2013. REUTERS/Loubna Mrie (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A Free Syrian Army fighter aims his weapon through a hole in a wall as he takes a defensive position in Ashrafieh, Aleppo September 16, 2013. REUTERS/Muzaffar Salman (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY CONFLICT) 

A Free Syrian Army fighter takes a position as he aims his weapon at the Justice Palace, which is controlled by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo September 13, 2013. REUTERS/Hamid Khatib (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A Free Syrian Army fighter looks through the scope of his sniper rifle at an area controlled by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's Al-Ezaa neighbourhood September 11, 2013. REUTERS/Aref Hretani (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) 

An area controlled by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is seen through a sniper's scope held for the photographer by a Free Syrian Army fighter in Aleppo's Al-Ezaa neighbourhood September 11, 2013. REUTERS/Aref Hretani (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) 

A hooded government soldier takes up position opposite a mosque where Moro National Liberation Front rebels are believed to be holed up in downtown Zamboanga September 10, 2013. Houses were set ablaze on Tuesday as fighting erupted between Philippine security forces and Muslim rebels occupying five districts of the southern Philippine city of Zamboanga, witnesses said. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY) 

A Free Syrian Army fighter points his weapon through a hole from inside a house in the old city of Aleppo, September 4, 2013. REUTERS/Muzaffar Salman (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) 

A Free Syrian Army fighter wears a hat while resting in a safe house in Jobar, Damascus August 25, 2013. REUTERS/ Mohamed Abdullah (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A Free Syrian Army sniper takes a shooting position in Aleppo's Bustan al-Qasr, August 25, 2013. REUTERS/Malek Alshemali (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A sniper of Kazakhstan's Kazbrig brigade looks back as he holds his 50 caliber long-range rifle during the Steppe Eagle international tactical military exercise at the Ili military range outside Almaty August 22, 2013. The tenth annual NATO-backed Steppe Eagle aims to train Kazakh troops for future peacekeeping missions. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (KAZAKHSTAN - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) 

A sniper of Kazakhstan's Kazbrig brigade aims his 50 caliber long-range rifle during the Steppe Eagle international tactical military exercise at the Ili military range outside Almaty August 22, 2013. The tenth annual NATO-backed Steppe Eagle aims to train Kazakh troops for future peacekeeping missions. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (KAZAKHSTAN - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) 

A sniper keeps watch on a roof of a building during a friendly soccer match between Afghanistan and Pakistan in Kabul August 20, 2013. With the relationship between Afghanistan and Pakistan one most often marked by diplomatic fouls and offsides, it took a soccer match in Kabul to bring the South Asian neighbours together on Tuesday. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: SPORT MILITARY SOCCER SOCIETY) 

A sniper keeps watch on a roof of a building as Afghan President Hamid Karzai attends Afghan Independence Day celebrations in Kabul August 19, 2013. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: ANNIVERSARY POLITICS) 

A Free Syrian Army fighter aims his weapon as he takes a defensive position inside a house in the old city of Aleppo August 15, 2013. REUTERS/Molhem Barakat (SYRIA - Tags: CONFLICT) 

Members of the Free Syrian Army rest near the air force intelligence headquarters in Aleppo August 1, 2013. REUTERS/Hamid Khatib (SYRIA - Tags: CONFLICT) 

A Free Syrian Army fighter takes up position as he points his weapon in the northern town of Khan al-Assal, towards the outskirt of the town where forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad are based July 22, 2013. Syrian rebels seized the northern town of Khan al-Assal on Monday, activists said, one of the last towns in the western part of Aleppo province that was held by President Bashar al-Assad's forces. REUTERS/Hamid Khatib (SYRIA - Tags: CONFLICT) 

Alli Wilbur, 10, prepares to shoot a Bushmaster 556 rifle outfitted with a sniper scope, under the instruction of Jory Neville, member of the 63rd battalion of Light Foot Militia from Spokane, Washington, during the Light Foot Militia annual gathering on Bureau of Land Management land near Priest River, Idaho June 22, 2013. Picture taken June 22, 2013. REUTERS/Matt Mills McKnight (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS) 

A Free Syrian Army fighter points his weapon as he takes up a position inside a room in Aleppo's Salaheddine neighborhood, July 12, 2013. REUTERS/Muzaffar Salman (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

A Syrian regime gathering point is seen through a sniper scope in Aleppo's Karm al-Jabal district June 8, 2013. REUTERS/Muzaffar Salman (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A member of the Free Syrian Army shoots back at a sniper during what activists said were clashes with pro-government forces in Aleppo's Karm al-Jabal district, June 3, 2013. REUTERS/Muzaffar Salman (SYRIA - Tags: CONFLICT POLITICS) 

A member of the Brazilian Navy takes on the role of a sniper during an exhibition showcasing their operational capacity to combat terrorist attacks and riots, ahead of the FIFA Confederations Cup and World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro
May 27, 2013. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes (BRAZIL - Tags: MILITARY SPORT SOCCER CIVIL UNREST) 

Sri Lankan army snipers in ghillie suits march during the War Victory parade in Colombo May 18, 2013. Sri Lanka on Saturday held a military parade and memorial for fallen soldiers to mark the fourth anniversary of the defeat of the Tamil Tigers, which ended a quarter-century civil war in the Indian Ocean nation. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte (SRI LANKA - Tags: MILITARY ANNIVERSARY POLITICS) 

An assistant of a gaming machine house is seen in front of an illustration of a sniper rifle, in Sochi, the host city for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, April 23, 2013. Picture taken April 23, 2013. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS CITYSCAPE SOCIETY) 

A police sniper mans his rifle atop an armored personnel carrier during a police assault on a house on Franklin Street during the search for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, in Watertown, Massachusetts April 19, 2013. The manhunt for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, one of two brothers believed to have carried out Monday's attack, took a dramatic turn just minutes after authorities announced they were lifting a shelter-in-place order imposed on the entire city of Boston. REUTERS/Jim Bourg (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW) 

A member of the Free Syrian Army holds his weapon as he looks through a hole on a building wall in Deir al-Zor April 9, 2013. Picture taken April 9, 2013. REUTERS/ Khalil Ashawi (SYRIA - Tags: CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Hunter Ramona Pohl-Uebel sits at a raised platform while taking part in a driven hunt event at a U.S. military training ground in Hohenfels near Regensburg December 14, 2012. The hunt takes place during the closed season for hunting game at one of Germany's biggest military training ground on about 16,000 hectares. Picture taken December 14, 2012. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle (GERMANY - Tags: ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY) 

A Syrian army soldier loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, with the Syrian National flag draped across his shoulders, points his weapon through a hole in a wall in Sheikh Maksoud, Aleppo April 3, 2013. REUTERS/George Ourfalian (SYRIA - Tags: CONFLICT) 

Kangaroo shooter Steven O'Donnell rests his .223 calibre rifle on the roof of his truck as he aims at a group of kangaroos on a property located on the outskirts of Australia's capital city Canberra March 23, 2013. O'Donnell, a professional plumber, shoots kangaroos on local farmer's properties around three times a week as part of the annual cull, running from March until the end of July, which involves the legal shooting and tagging of thousands of eastern grey kangaroos per year in the Australian Capital Territory. Picture taken March 23, 2013. REUTERS/David Gray (AUSTRALIA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)


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