The Thompson M1A1, which you could legally buy out of a catalogue in the 1920's.....
Dutch Schulz,Lucky Luciano,Hymie Weiss .
All these small time hoods became major figures because of prohibition
not to mention the extortion ,corruptions,bombings,murders ,booze smuggling,speakeasys and all the rest of the stuff that gave the roaring twenties its name
The writer has no idea what the hell he's talking about
Nice red herring – the piece is about Capone (so when he is exposed you bring up other names). In any case, new research reveals that many of the Prohibition crime figures were deep in crime before Prohibition – so now “libertarians” are madly trying to demonize questioners and critical thinkers.