...this just in from SE Ohio...
Plans to sell four Thompson submachine guns owned by the Guernsey County Sheriff's Office to provide funds for new cruisers sparked one area man to seek another means of raising funds and save a part of "our history."
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The four guns owned by the sheriff's office are all 1921 models, the first production model. Sales were sluggish then, given their cost, more than $200 when a new Ford automobile sold for about $400.
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The guns were purchased by the Cambridge Collier Coal Company and the Rigby Mines and donated to the Guernsey County Sheriff's Office in 1932, according to Arnold Van Horn's history of the Guernsey County Sheriff's Office. They were brandished by law enforcement officers during unrest among area miners in the early 1930s.
The sale of the guns is proceeding. An initial appraisal indicated each gun was worth between $20,000 and $25,000.
http://www.daily-jeff.com/news/article/4626942
This is an unusually well-written article.
Plans to sell four Thompson submachine guns owned by the Guernsey County Sheriff's Office to provide funds for new cruisers sparked one area man to seek another means of raising funds and save a part of "our history."
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The four guns owned by the sheriff's office are all 1921 models, the first production model. Sales were sluggish then, given their cost, more than $200 when a new Ford automobile sold for about $400.
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The guns were purchased by the Cambridge Collier Coal Company and the Rigby Mines and donated to the Guernsey County Sheriff's Office in 1932, according to Arnold Van Horn's history of the Guernsey County Sheriff's Office. They were brandished by law enforcement officers during unrest among area miners in the early 1930s.
The sale of the guns is proceeding. An initial appraisal indicated each gun was worth between $20,000 and $25,000.
http://www.daily-jeff.com/news/article/4626942
This is an unusually well-written article.