Sharon police Chief Mike Menster, right, holds a Thompson submachine gun the department has had since the 1930s. The historic gun was once favored by gangsters and used by the military. Its magazine held 50 45-caliber bullets. Set on automatic, the gun’s full magazine could be emptied with one pull of the trigger. Lt. Gerald Smith holds a Smith and Wesson Military and Police AR-15 more suited for law enforcement purposes than the Tommy gun.
Neither one is suited for law encorcement. Either would be OK cor citizens ownership. Oh wait I forgot, sice ‘68 we’re no longer citizens, but serfs.
“It was bought for law enforcement use and they told us in a letter that it could only be used for law enforcement or sold in parts,” Smith said.”
That’s interesting.
Hmmm...looks like an early one. Reduced diameter barrel up toward chamber without cylindrical ridge cuts (maybe what looks like lengthwise fluted barrel)...also looks like an early Cutts compensator, too.
Okay, I would like to buy ALL of the parts.
If you are a popo gun nut you can keep your arms, period.
The Thompson machine gun is a piece of crap. So tell me, are they still using it?
I’ll take one of each.