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 ...

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 ...

The Thompson machine gun was designed for use in the trenches of World War I, but it came too late for the war and soon found its way onto the open market. With 50- and 100-shot magazines, it ...