It should be explained that the Thompson gun is not in any sense a heavy machine gun such as was used during the World War, which weighs over one hundred pounds and takes a crew of six men to handle and requiring many months training. There are only thirty eight parts to the gun in all and the breech mechanism is extremely simple,  composed of only five moving parts. The gun can be taken down and put up in less than a minute and a half by any one accustomed to handling arms. This simplicity is greater than that of a pistol or even an ordinary rifle. To learn to use the gun effectively requires only a few minutes of intelligent shooting by any one accustomed to firearms.

It is of paramount importance to those protecting lives and property to have a weapon of absolute certainty of action. In this respect the United States Government Army Officials, after an exhaustive mechanical test, declared that the Thompson Gun was the surest acting, lightest and simplest automatic weapon of its kind in existence.

Army and Navy Register: "An exhaustive, as well as successful, Government test of the Thompson Gun has been held at Springfield Armory. The gun passed, the best test ever undergone by a portable automatic firearm at Springfield."

the modern bandit has improved his methods since the "Horse and Buggy" days by p the use of high powered cars and up-to-date equipment. Those on the side of law and order are provided modern means to cope with the bandit by utilizing this latest of wonderful inventions keeping up with the age of improvements we live in. Bandit attacks resemble very much the trench raids known in the World War where surprise and get away were prime features. Those combating a modern bandit attack equipped with older type weapons are at once placing themselves at a disadvantage. The Thompson Anti-bandit Gun with its tremendous. fire effect, its large caliber, its rapidity of fire and large magazine capacity is the best known instrument so far devised to combat modern criminal violence. Communities will heartily give their approbation to the possession of modern equipment by those charged by them for the enforcement of law and order. In many cases in small communities, certain loyal citizens have contributed to the purchase of Thompson guns for their local police or sheriffs where funds have not been available in the municipal treasury.

Do not fail to note the, fact that all our sales are to those on the side of law and order only, and that the purpose of the Thompson Anti-bandit Gun is to provide those on the side of law and order with a superior equipment to give them an advantage over the modern criminal. However even if it is never necessary to fire the gun, its mere possession has a tremendous moral effect in itself. Communities having these guns should advertise the fact in the newspapers.

Suggested Methods for Sales by Shooting Thompson Anti-Bandit Gun on Range

As the Thompson Anti-bandit Gun will be a comparatively new weapon, there is a certain degree of fear on the part of the prospective customer. This is only natural add can be easily overcome by making the customer realize that the submachine gun is practically free from recoil and very easily controlled. In fact, some demonstrators fire this gun with the buttstock resting on the-nose. The customer should be persuaded to fire a few shots semi-automatically; that is, a single shot for each single pressure of the trigger. A few more shots can then be fired by the demonstrator showing the accuracy and rapidity of fire.