Posted on 08/25/2019 4:27:59 AM PDT by rellimpank
Here’s an important question for our times: What’s the difference between a Tommy Gun, the submachine gun wielded by gangsters like John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson roaming Wisconsin in the 1930s, and a military-style assault weapon, today’s weapon of choice routinely used to commit mass murders all over America?
The answer, of course, is there’s virtually no difference, except for this: President Franklin Roosevelt and the U.S. Congress succeeded in removing Thompson submachine guns, firing 600 rounds of bullets in a minute, from city streets with the National Firearms Act of 1934, the first serious federal gun safety legislation ever passed to protect American lives.
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StG is an abbreviation of Sturmgewehr. According to one account, the name was chosen personally by Adolf Hitler[7][8] for propaganda reasons and means "assault rifle" as in "to assault an enemy position", although some sources dispute that Hitler had much to do with coining the new name besides signing the order.
Another dopey article. No one can even define “assault rifle.”
Especially when our side gets wrapped up in pointless technical semantic arguments like the arbitrary definition of “assault weapon” or the false argument that full auto weapons are more lethal than semiautos, and, thus, “appropriately” restricted.
The muzzle-loading smoothbore Brown Bess Musket was, and is, an assault weapon. The ownership of this military weapon by civilians is enshrined into the United States Constitution, as is other weapons. Leave them alone.
If the U.S. Supreme Court ever rules that civilians can have access to nuclear bombs, I'll ask my congressman to introduce a constitutional amendment to require registration and a $200 federal tax payment. This, as a precaution.
Josh Sugarmann.
I’m looking forward to
Experiencing “Hot Chicks”
Fawning over my Sidearm!
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A Stainless wheelgun in a
Tan Bianchi gets
My motor running too!
I was a tank commander on a M48A3 tank with the 77th Armor in Vietnam on the DMZ. OEM equipment was 2 M3A1 SMG’s per tank. The M3 was one of the finest and most reliable weapons I ever used. I dropped it in mud with the ejection port cover open, to see if it would still work. I scooped the mud out of the chamber with my little finger so that rounds could enter it. I did nothing else. The thing went thru two magazines of continuous 30 round bursts, ejecting mud along with cartridge cases. It was practically self cleaning!!
The bolt ran along two guide rods that were located in holes at the back of the stamped and welded receiver amd by a clipped on trunnion plate in the front. That and the very low cyclic rate of fire (450-500 rpm) contributed to it’s smoothness and controllability. It was ridiculously easy to maintain and repair. I think that penny for penny, it was one of the best SMG’s ever designed. I could easily keep every round of a 30 round burst on a man sized target at 50 yards.
The only weakness was the mag, being a double row single feed position type. I cured that by pressing two mag springs together and stuffing them into the magazine tube. It NEVER failed to run perfectly with that setup. Zero stoppages.
Uncle Joe’s nephew was so effective at removing Thompson machine guns, any FFL holder can purchase one.
“And you can buy a real one, as well, if you’ve got $20 000 or so lying around that you don’t need. Several of my buddies have one - legally, of course. “
I have two (both legal):
1. 1921/1928 Colt Navy overstamp in near perfect condition
2. Repatriated WWII U.S. Government M1A1 sent to the Chinese Nationalists by the U.S. to fight the Japanese in WWII, that then ended being used in battle by the Viet Cong in Vietnam until it was captured, and then eventually purchased and sent back to the U.S. by a downed naval aviator while he was awaiting transport back to his carrier ...
Not true, an FFL licensee has to have a special license endorsement to buy and sell Class III/NFA machine guns, suppressors, short barreled shotguns, etc. We had one when I was managing the Olde Sacramento Armoury, or to be precise, Pacific International, Inc., the parent company had one, as we were a police supply company, providing sub-machine guns to various departments’ swat teams around the country. Your average FFL licensee could not buy them without paying the transfer tax. We could.
ADDENDA: I hit the wrong key & posted W/O the following FACT: NOBODY, regardless of being a VIP, celebrity or anything else, MUST have a MINIMUM of THREE YEARS as a SWORN PEACE OFFICER of a US jurisdiction (within the last 5 years) and that prohibition CANNOT be waived under Title 18, US Code or the US Judicial Acts, as amended.
Feinstein has NEVER been a sworn peace officer.
Yours, TMN78247
A revolver is actually a semi-automatic gun.
Seems most people don’t see that...
Yes, I’ve shot both, the “grease gun” and full-auto 5.56 and 7.62 rifles. I liked the latter rifles better than the “grease gun” too. But, it was pretty cool to shoot the Tommy from a historical perspective...
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