But few know the origin of the gun’s catchy nickname. “To most U.S. cineaddicts the Thompson submachine gun is a gangster’s ...

Recently I met a man (he prefers to remain anonymous for this column) from another state who owns a 1921 Model Thompson submachine gun (TSMG). He discovered the Elkhart County Sheriff’s ...

The murder weapon used in the assassination of Thompson “appears to be a larger handgun” similar to the style of a veterinary gun, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said. “It’s a ...

If you answered the “Tommy Gun,” more specifically the Auto-Ordnance M1928 and M1 Thompson submachine gun (SMG), again, you’d be partially correct. >If you answered the M3 “Grease Gun ...

A submachine gun is a magazine-fed, selective-fire automatic carbine designed to fire handgun cartridges. The term came into popular use with John Thompson—the inventor of the Thompson ...

Luigi Mangione, who has been charged with murder in the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, apparently had a ghost gun, a type of firearm that can be made at home, police said ...

when Al Capone was lord high executioner and the Thompson submachine gun was known affectionately as the Chicago piano. Gaudiest of all the murders was that of Albert Testa, a midget-model (4 ft.

The murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has renewed the debate over "ghost guns," according to some news reports. More accurately, the usual ...