Posted 23 April 2005 - 08:26 AM
My old hometown P.D. (Grand Island, NE) is a case in point: Years ago when I lived there I asked the chief if they had a Thompson; he said "Sure do. Come on down and have a look at it. Nobody ever shoots the thing. It's too loud anyway, even at the range!"
It was a 1928 Navy, pristine condition, in the nice police case, all the mags, cleaning rod, etc. I was drooling. No, I didn't take a picture. A local Class 3 dealer found out about the gun, and talked them into trading it for 6 Winchester Model 97 riot guns. He later sold the gun for I think $9000. This was in the early 1980's. I guess there was an article in the local paper about the gun recently; I'll try to get ahold of it and link it here.
Ahh, Thompson lore. Keeps us reading, and off the streets, eh fellas...wink!