The term came into popular use with John Thompson—the inventor of the Thompson submachine gun—for his design of ... longer barrels or lack a shoulder stock concerning their military or law ...

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 ...

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