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The Tuscon Police Department since 1934 has been holding on to a Thompson submachine gun they took off John Dillinger, which Peru, Indiana says was stolen from them.

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On Sept. 25, 1925, Chicago bootlegger Frank McErlane used a Thompson sub-machine gun in his attempt to assassinate a competitor. The Chicago Tribune dubbed his gang “The Machine Gun Gang.” By 1934, “Tommy gun” violence between gangs had grown to such a degree that Congress passed the National Firearms Act to impose criminal, regulatory and […]

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