Holding an antique tommy gun and a Civil War pistol, Thompson took aim at Rudy Giuliani's policies on gun control. "He simply supported just about every gun control legislation that came down the ...

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 ...

Today, Thompson submachine guns are in high demand among collectors legally authorized to own full-auto weapons. On average, the price for a clean Tommy Gun is about $25,000.

The “Tommy Gun” is one of the most iconic firearms in American history. But what is it about the Thompson? Stephen Hunter, a bestselling novelist and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer for, of all ...

Donald Bateman Hope Coates, shown here firing an M1921 Thompson submachine gun on a trip to Mexico in the 1950s, claimed to be the first man ever fired at by someone armed with a Thompson. However ...

The Thompson submachine gun became notorious when it was used by Chicagoland gangsters in the infamous “Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre” in 1929. The gun struck such fear into the general ...

The Tommy Gun, or Thompson submachine gun, was the creation of General John Thompson, an army guy who developed a few other guns along the way, though none as powerful or infamous as the Tommy Gun.

The Thompson, known popularly as a "Tommy gun," a "chopper," a "Chicago typewriter," is one of America's iconic weapons brandished viciously, or carried not that discreetly in a violin case, in ...

LYTLE, Texas - A piece of stolen property, an automatic Thompson sub machine gun, is in the process of being returned to its owner after it went missing 24 years ago.Police in Lytle made the ...

The Thompson “Tommy gun” submachine gun may have been good enough for “The Untouchables,” but it isn’t of much use in modern-day crime fighting, so Tinley Park Police Chief Steve ...