The submachine gun never got a real hold in World War I, soon afterward began to figure more in gang news than in Army talk. Of 15,000 Thompsons (“Tommies”) manufactured by Colt in 1921, nearly 5,000 ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Despite using ammunition that has been called “the smallest practical submachine gun round” the MAS-38 played an interesting historical role. The MAS-38 was initially ...

SUMMIT POINT, W.Va. — Until last month, Cheryl D. Lewis had never fired a gun. A civilian worker with the Department of Defense, she didn’t even know how to hold one. Even so, Lewis found herself ...