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Where have all the Tommys gone?
americanthinker.com ^ | 6/17/2016 | Thomas J. Hall

Posted on 06/17/2016 6:25:09 AM PDT by rktman

No one uses Tommy guns anymore. Today's thugs sling lead at one another with their plastic wonder-guns across playgrounds and parks, with poor accuracy and less style. Desperados, the demented, and the depraved appear to have settled on the ubiquitous black rifle as their favorite fashion firearm. Even Chicago, America's Free Fire Zone, hasn't seen anyone mowed down with the fabled Chicago Typewriter in decades.

It is a puzzlement.

After all, the Tommy is an all-American weapon, an iconic symbol of American independence and ingenuity. General Thompson intended it to sweep trenches clear of enemy soldiers, but the Germans, rather inconsiderately, threw in the towel before development work was complete. Yet the general persevered, in due course bringing forth the Thompson Model 1919: genuine American walnut and intricately tooled, highly polished steel. Able to carry up to 100 rounds of .45 ammunition and spit them out at the rate of 600 per minute (1,200 in early models).

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To: Does so

LOL! Good one. I’ll have to remember that. Thanks.


101 posted on 06/17/2016 3:22:31 PM PDT by jmacusa ("Dats all I can stands 'cuz I can't stands no more!''-- Popeye The Sailorman.)
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To: jmacusa
What part of "not infringed" do you not understand?
102 posted on 06/17/2016 3:23:09 PM PDT by Does so (Vote for Hillary...Stay Home...==8-O)
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To: Jack Hammer

Loved that show.
Vic Morrow ate lunch in our mess hall in Quang Tri.
Enjoyed talking with him.
Hated it when was killed by that idiot director whatever
his name was.


103 posted on 06/17/2016 6:59:47 PM PDT by Harold Shea (VN vet)
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To: archy; jmacusa
You are certainly correct and I could have been more accurate if I had read Wikipedia carefully. I think the below sentence works.

AR-15 is the Colt registered trademark for the ubiquitous civilian version of the military M-16 rifle. The key difference is the civilian version fires only semiautomatic.

AR-15
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AR-15

104 posted on 06/17/2016 9:24:57 PM PDT by Retain Mike
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To: rktman
Where have all the Tommys gone?


105 posted on 06/20/2016 10:10:19 AM PDT by archy (Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except bears, they'll kill you a little, and eat you.)
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To: Harold Shea

That was in Twilight Zone, the movie, I think. Something about a helicopter....IIRC


106 posted on 06/22/2016 5:42:30 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: archy

Just damn.....


107 posted on 06/22/2016 5:43:30 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: jmacusa

On that same subject you might find this article interesting.

AR-15 Speaks!
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/06/ar15_speaks.html


108 posted on 06/23/2016 5:36:33 PM PDT by Retain Mike
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To: rktman
Because there are better guns on the market now.

Thompson are "spray and pray" unless you are Chesty Puller.

109 posted on 06/23/2016 5:39:07 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: archy

Where was this photo taken and what is the story behind it?


110 posted on 06/23/2016 5:57:05 PM PDT by jmacusa ("Dats all I can stands 'cuz I can't stands no more!''-- Popeye The Sailorman.)
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To: jmacusa
Where was this photo taken and what is the story behind it?

Vietnam. The rulers of the newly Unified Republic Of Vietnam no longer required the services of the Thompsons and other former US military equipment held in the warehouses of the former South Vietnamese Army, since plenty of their own standardized AK47s were had for their purposes. They also scrapped out some of their own damaged or worn equipment at the same junkyard.


111 posted on 06/27/2016 9:03:55 AM PDT by archy (Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except bears, they'll kill you a little, and eat you.)
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To: Big Red Badger

Really tommy,


112 posted on 07/12/2016 9:33:58 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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