What do J. Edgar Hoover, Winston Churchill, John Dillinger, and Sean Connery have in common?  They were all photographed holding a Thompson sub-machine gun, aka “the Chicago typewriter.”

What do J. Edgar Hoover, Winston Churchill, John Dillinger, and Sean Connery have in common? They were all photographed holding a Thompson sub-machine gun, aka “the Chicago typewriter.”

What do J. Edgar Hoover, Winston Churchill, John Dillinger, and Sean Connery have in common?&nbsp; They were all photographed holding a Thompson sub-machine gun, aka “the Chicago typewriter.” &nbsp;

#7 - Mr. Thompson's Gun

The Boresight Tapes is a podcast about guns where the panelists – Ted Hatfield, Philip Schreier, and Geoffrey Norman (bios attached) talk about the abiding feelings of respect, affection, and even love many Americans have for firearms. They talk about people, like John Moses Browning, who designed and built legendary guns. And they talk about the people like Teddy Roosevelt who embraced their creations. They talk about iconic guns like the M1 Garand and the 1911 Colt. And they talk about remarkable shooters from history, like Annie Oakley and Alvin York, as well as great shooters, like Rob Leatham, in the present.

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