Tommy gun

Example Sentences

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Among the weapons purchased were an AR-15-type short-barrel rifle, a Tommy gun and a 9-millimeter pistol, officials said.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2023

There’s no Tommy gun showdown with the killer in this story, no chase through tunnels or urban alleys and no triumphant clacking of handcuffs on the wrists of a guilty maniac.

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2022

Among the firearms he owns are several fully automatic weapons, including a Thompson submachine gun, or Tommy gun, and a Model 50 Reising submachine gun.

From The Guardian • Sep. 20, 2016

According the book, Tommy gun 5878 was purchased and shipped to the Peru Police Department in 1929, along with a second Tommy gun with the serial number 7117.

From Washington Times • Mar. 25, 2016

Realism was the goal, whether the manufacturer was trying to copy the cowboys’ favorite revolver or a World War II Tommy gun.

From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2014