Commercially available Thompson submachine guns, specifically the M1928A1 model, retailed for about $200 apiece at the start of the war, which is more than $3,000 when adjusted for inflation in 2024.

The Thompson submachine gun used in the shooting death of Assistant State’s Attorney William McSwiggin, in April 1926. McSwiggin, who was known as the “hanging prosecutor” because of his ...

Police in Jackson say 30 guns, including an old Thompson machine gun from the 1930s era, have been found in the home of a nurse caught dealing drugs. News 12 Staff • Aug 14, 2019, 12:00 PM ...

On Valentine’s Day 1929, four men connected with Al Capone’s Chicago gang killed seven rivals with Thompson machine guns, better known as Tommy guns. The bloody massacre shocked the nation ...

The one-man Thompson machine gun, or so-called “submachine gun,” was perfected some time ago and adopted by many a city police force as well as the U. S. Marines.

William Shoemaker of the Chicago Police Department aims a Thompson machine gun, or tommy gun, in Chicago in 1926. The gun, developed for World War I, was very popular with gangsters due to its ...

U.S. Army Brigadier General John Thompson invented his namesake Tommy gun in 1918, hoping it could end trench warfare during World War I. But the Tommy guns didn’t arrive before the war ended and ...