Now thats Gangsta!

[CZShooter]

Here's a little local (to me) history...

http://www.bcsheriff.org/?dept=44&pid=622

http://www.bcsheriff.org/?dept=44&pid=555

[fightingquaker13]

Here's a little local (to me) history...

http://www.bcsheriff.org/?dept=44&pid=622

http://www.bcsheriff.org/?dept=44&pid=555

Very, very cool history CZshooter. I would reccomend everyone read this. And lord, jumping from running board to running board in pursuit? Thats some serious law enforcement! Vic Mackey and Jack Bauer would be put to shame. I am a bit curious about the period bullet proof vests. I didn't know such things existed. What were they made of? Did they even work? Given the low velocities of the time and the fact that standard police issue was .32 maybe. Just curious.
fightingquaker13

[1776 Rebel]

I am a bit curious about the period bullet proof vests. I didn't know such things existed. What were they made of? Did they even work? Given the low velocities of the time and the fact that standard police issue was .32 maybe. Just curious.
fightingquaker13

Early soft vests were of silk, cotton or other cloth...

http://www.apparelsearch.com/Definitions/Clothing/bulletproof_vests.htm

I am still scratching my head about the Zoot suit thing. Looks like a Mexican gang banger style of the 1940's. Prohibition was over for a decade. No old Mafia boss, Al Capone or Irish gang of the era was ever seen in that goofy garb. 

[CZShooter]

Early soft vests were of silk, cotton or other cloth...

http://www.apparelsearch.com/Definitions/Clothing/bulletproof_vests.htm

I am still scratching my head about the Zoot suit thing. Looks like a Mexican gang banger style of the 1940's. Prohibition was over for a decade. No old Mafia boss, Al Capone or Irish gang of the era was ever seen in that goofy garb. 

That was the era of the tailor-fitted 3-piece suit...complimented, of course, with a fedora.

Interesting read on the bullet-proof vests...this sounds like what I've seen in photographs:

During the late 1920s through the early 1930s, criminals in the United States began wearing less-expensive vests made from cotton padding and cloth. These early vests were capable of generally protecting against handgun bullets such as .22, .25, S&W .32 Long, S&W .32, .380 ACP, and .45 ACP traveling at slower speeds of up to approximately 1000 ft/s (300 m/s). This led to the development of the .357 Magnum cartridge for the use of law enforcement agents such as the FBI to overcome these vests.

[ericire12]

Early soft vests were of silk, cotton or other cloth...

http://www.apparelsearch.com/Definitions/Clothing/bulletproof_vests.htm

I am still scratching my head about the Zoot suit thing. Looks like a Mexican gang banger style of the 1940's. Prohibition was over for a decade. No old Mafia boss, Al Capone or Irish gang of the era was ever seen in that goofy garb. 

Yeah, thats what Bane addressed in his blog also..... its just a catchy name for the group..... historically inaccurate.

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[Ping]

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy's, Reverand Horton Heat and lately the Horrorpops. Great music to dance, drive or shoot with!

[blackwolfe]

Here's a little local (to me) history...

http://www.bcsheriff.org/?dept=44&pid=622

http://www.bcsheriff.org/?dept=44&pid=555

According to the local paper awhile back the Berrien County Sherrifs Dept. also has a shot gun that is being tested for links to the St. Valentines Day massacre.

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That is pretty cool. Went on Valentine's Day a few years back to Chicago for the St. Valentine's Day massacre. Pretty violent history around that area. Would love to rip off a drum in a fully auto Tommy.

[CZShooter]

According to the local paper awhile back the Berrien County Sherrifs Dept. also has a shot gun that is being tested for links to the St. Valentines Day massacre.

Did they mention where the shotgun was acquired? Was it part of the stash found at Fred Burke's place in Stevensville?

[blackwolfe]

Did they mention where the shotgun was acquired? Was it part of the stash found at Fred Burke's place in Stevensville?

CZ,
I think it was part of the Fred Burke stash.  I don't remember for sure.  Never saw any more about it in the paper, but I don't get the paper anymore.  I think it was in the paper in Jan.