Tommy guns for sale
Faced with a budget cuts, Guernsey County Sheriff Mike McCauley is looking at selling three 1920s Thompson machine guns.
Faced with a budget cuts, Guernsey County Sheriff Mike McCauley is looking at selling three 1920s Thompson machine guns.
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June 24th, 2009 at 10:57 am
Hey, what ever happened in that story about the Albany, NY police department selling machine guns out the back door to current and retired cops? Were any of those guns Thompsons?
June 24th, 2009 at 11:47 am
If I’m not mistaken, those Tommy guns wouldn’t be in the NFA registry, since they’ve always been in the hands of a .gov agency and therefore didn’t need to be registered. In that case, due to the 1986 GOPA, they cannot be registered for civilian sale. Thus their value drops from tens-of-thousands-of-dollars to a few hundred. I could be wrong. I hope I am.
June 24th, 2009 at 11:55 am
Kevin, I know some cops Registered their MGs when the NFA came about, but I’m pretty sure they didn’t have to.
June 24th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
Kevin, if they are not registered, then they are illegal. even PDs must register.
June 24th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Drool!!!
I’ve always wanted a Thompson, especially an M1928A1 version or earlier with dual drum mags, and compensator. Gotta check my cash account.
June 24th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
Did everyone write the nice reporter and compliment him on a very nicely written article. It behooves us to reinforce good behavior by journalists and this article was remarkably without vitriol and, “OMG, they’re selling machine guns to everyone and we’re all going to be mowed down any second now” that we usually see from journalists.
June 25th, 2009 at 8:50 am
I’m not 100% certain, but I think it all depends whether they’re on Form 4’s or Form 10’s.