Solarian League Breakup?

On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:59:44 -0700, Offbreed
<offbreed_106.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote:

>mike weber wrote:
>>
>> I was reading some backgreound info for something i was writing for a
>> fanzine piece, and i discovered that the original Thompson - the
>> "Chicago typewriter" model - was apparently quite popular with
>> ranchers and such back in the day.
>>
>Especially along the southern border. Pancho Villa was quite a problem
>for a while.

The Thompson only went into production two years before Villa's death
(1921 vs 1923) [1], and even then was mostly bought by
government(s)[2], until the M1928 was developed for the Marines.

For Villa's life: http://www.answers.com/topic/pancho-villa
For a history of the Tommy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson_submachine_gun (includes a shot
of a Tommy carrying a Tommy in 1940...)


[1] And, in fact, the year after he accepted a Mexican Government
amnesty and settled down on a ranch till his assassination...

[2] Or would-be governments - they were popular with the IRA...

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