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The Guns of the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre [VIDEO]

February 14, 2020 by Logan Metesh

Ninety-one years ago today, a group of police officers entered a Chicago garage to confront a group of gangster-bootleggers as they unloaded a shipment of illegal hooch. Except the officers weren’t real…they were from a rival gang. I recently had the opportunity to get some “hands-on history” time with the guns from that infamous murder. … Read more

Documentation is Everything: Rediscovering a Notorious Gangster’s Tommy Gun

November 24, 2018May 21, 2018 by Logan Metesh

With more than 18,000 members and 81 years of history behind it, the Ohio Gun Collectors Association is one of – if not the – oldest and largest gun collector groups in the United States. Every year, they host an Annual Display Show and their members bring out the big guns (figuratively and literally) for … Read more