The Thompson submachine gun was designed for use by soldiers in war, but Chicago gangsters made it famous as the Tommy gun, aka the Chicago typewriter.

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.

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 ...

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.

There are even circular, 100-round drum magazines that can be fitted in a Glock and are reminiscent of the 1920s Thompson machine guns often seen in old movies.

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, making ...

After the War, General Thompson set himself the task of perfecting a one-man machine gun and a self-loading infantry rifle.

Security The U.S. Postal Service Loved This Historic Machine Gun During the Second World War, the Thompson submachine gun was used throughout the campaigns in Africa, Europe, and the Pacific.