IRS Destroyed Thousands of Thompson Submachine Guns in 1960

IRS Destroyed Thousands of Thompson Submachine Guns in 1960

IRS Destroyed Thousands of Thompson Submachine Guns, iStock-1617047969 In 1960, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) destroyed 17,000 Thompson submachine guns rather than collect $3.4 million in tax stamp revenue. The only reason given was to keep them out of the hands of “undesirables”. After WWII, machine guns started showing up in the United States from the war overseas. There are many ways this could happen. Most commonly, a US GI would bring …