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 ...

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 ...

Calls for their restriction or banishment escalated, and state legislatures moved to enact new laws. The gun in question was the notorious Thompson machine gun, and the time was the 1920s.

Object Details Description Tommy gun with strap. Postal Inspectors were the first law enforcement agency to use the Tommie gun for fighting criminals. The Thompson is an American submachine gun, ...

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.

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 ...