Thanks to a rare stash of Prohibition-era guns, the St. Louis Police Department will be able to rearm its force with updated handguns and AR-15 rifles without using taxpayer funds.
Providing a significant amount of the funds needed are 27 Thompson submachine guns, the sale of which will generate almost $600,000. A third party broker located a buyer who will pay $22,000 each for the “Tommy”guns”, as they were known in the 1920’s and 1930’s. Both gangsters and federal agents used the weapon during that era. Original paperwork shows the department purchased the machine guns for $125 each.
In addition, the department is selling off 1,748 of its current Beretta handguns, which are about a decade old and obsolete.
Learn what new arms the St. Louis police will get, and how the deal came about on the next page.
Good plan !
Hopefully they require purchasers to prove they aren’t Islamic terrorists
Islamic terrorist is not going to buy a 50,000 dollar wwII Thompson.
Won’t be selling many at this price . these guns sold in Viet Nan
These guns were being sold in Viet Nan for $15.00 . The US Government gave them to fight with. The prices you wanting are high , good luc
Bill House