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St. Louis Police Department to Sell 27 Tommy Guns
gunsamerica.com ^
| 6/1/2017
| Jordan Michaels
Posted on 06/02/2017 7:33:48 AM PDT by rktman
The St. Louis Police Department has decided to sell 27 of its historic and valuable Thompson submachine guns in an effort to raise the funds necessary to purchase new duty firearms for its officers, according to a report from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Kentucky-based Midwest Distributors has agreed to pay $22,000 for each of the iconic rifles, but they will likely sell the old police arsenal to private parties for much, much more.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: 2a; banglist; boom; leo; tommyguns
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So, unless you're independently wealthy, I'd suggest setting up a "gofundme" account to raise the bucks that'll be needed to buy these heavy weights. And they cost how much brand new at the local hardware store back in the day?
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posted on
06/02/2017 7:33:48 AM PDT
by
rktman
To: rktman
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posted on
06/02/2017 7:39:04 AM PDT
by
DIRTYSECRET
(urope. Why do they put up with this.)
To: rktman
Good condition, transferable Thompsons fetch at least $40,000 each.
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posted on
06/02/2017 7:39:38 AM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
To: rktman
for each of the iconic rifles?..........................
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posted on
06/02/2017 7:39:40 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(You can't assimilate one whose entire reason for being here is to not assimilate in the first place.)
To: DIRTYSECRET
FULLY............................
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posted on
06/02/2017 7:40:06 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(You can't assimilate one whose entire reason for being here is to not assimilate in the first place.)
To: DIRTYSECRET
Yep. You’ll need a permit to own one
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posted on
06/02/2017 7:40:07 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
To: rktman
Should be donated to the few remaining white block watch captains in Ferguson.
To: VietVet876
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posted on
06/02/2017 7:41:34 AM PDT
by
DIRTYSECRET
(urope. Why do they put up with this.)
To: DIRTYSECRET
Ever see the movie “Road to Perdition”? If not I recommend it. Not only a good flick IMO, but shows off the Thompson pretty well I thought.
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posted on
06/02/2017 7:42:03 AM PDT
by
V_TWIN
To: rktman
I don’t think Thompson’s were available in any hardware store ever. Likely they were stolen from some National Guard or Army armory.
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posted on
06/02/2017 7:42:33 AM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: PIF
I dont think Thompsons were available in any hardware store ever You got them direct.
http://www.thompsonsmg.com/autoordnance_corporation.htm
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posted on
06/02/2017 7:46:25 AM PDT
by
xone
To: PIF
No, before the 1934 NFA you could buy them in your local hardware store.
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posted on
06/02/2017 7:48:04 AM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
To: PIF
Likely they were stolen from some National Guard or Army armory. Big PDs with big crime bought these to compete with the criminals of the era.
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posted on
06/02/2017 7:49:01 AM PDT
by
xone
To: Lurkinanloomin
Ace is the place for the helpful “hardware” man. Heheheheh!
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posted on
06/02/2017 7:50:04 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
To: PIF; xone
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posted on
06/02/2017 7:51:57 AM PDT
by
T-Bird45
(It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
To: PIF
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posted on
06/02/2017 7:53:06 AM PDT
by
skimbell
To: rktman
You can get a chrome replica for only $3,000 at Auto Ordnance.
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posted on
06/02/2017 7:55:23 AM PDT
by
\/\/ayne
(I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
To: Lurkinanloomin
My info is closer to $27,000, if that. No “meat on the bones here” is what I am hearing.
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posted on
06/02/2017 7:56:19 AM PDT
by
wastoute
(Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
To: PIF
20 years ago I saw an historical add offer them in the mail for like $200 cash, IIRC.
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posted on
06/02/2017 7:57:31 AM PDT
by
wastoute
(Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
To: skimbell
So my memory is not as bad as I feared.
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posted on
06/02/2017 8:00:15 AM PDT
by
wastoute
(Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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