Of all the Thompson gunners, which one was the best?

[taterguy]

[Kali]

1. I know a one armed barber named Roland, too.

[LeftyFingerPop]

2. Enjoy every sandwich..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhRRWwH3Fro

:toast:

[taterguy]

3. There's a song about Roland?

You have just blown my mind.

:whoa:

:mindblown:

[LeftyFingerPop]

4. .

:dumbass

[taterguy]

12. Well excuuuuuuse me for not having heard every song ever recorded

:mustbenicetobesogoddamnperfect:

[Ikonoklast]

5. Machine Gun Kelly.

[taterguy]

6. I was asking about Thompson gunners, not machine gunners

:eyes:

[Ikonoklast]

8. You don't know that Kelly was a Thompson gunner?

He was arguably was the most famous of all the Prohibition-era gangsters that used the Thompson as their favorite weapon.

[old mark]

10. George "Baby Face" Nelson was another one;

link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Face_Nelson

gives lots of details of the Dillinger gang and Nelson
(Lester Gillis) especially.

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[MiddleFingerMom]

7. No question about it...

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...MY favorite Thompson machine gunner.
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"Like the safety guy just said... move your whiskey before you start shooting."
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:rofl: :beer: :rofl:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=TmMFnbj83CI&feature=related
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Turn the sound WAY up -- the audio is almost non-existent.
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[A HERETIC I AM]

9. Not only was Roland the best Thompson gunner, he followed it up by being the best...

HEADLESS Thompson gunner.

Just try and beat THAT.

[Mugu]

11. Of all the Thompson guns

I vote for the 1927A-1.

[petronius]

13. Vic Morrow...

[nolabear]

15. *snort!* With the help of Jon Landis.

[MilesColtrane]

14. Robert Stack

[taterguy]

16. Stack wouldn't last five minutes during a bloody fray in Biafra

REPEAT AFTER ME:

OF ALL THE THOMPSON GUNNERS, ROLAND WAS THE BEST.

[Va Lefty]

17. "That son of a bitch Van Owen, blew off Roland's head."

[taterguy]

18. Thanks for the Spoiler