How the 1930's Gangsters Changed Our Gun Laws

<p>June, 1933. What seemed like a typical, summer day in the midwest soon turned extremely violent when several law enforcement officers, armed with shotguns and pistols, squared off against desperate killers with machine guns.</p> <p>The shootout became known as the &ldquo;Kansas City Massacre&rdquo; after four officers were killed outside of Kansas City&rsquo;s Union Railway Station.</p> <p>They were part of a group of officers escorting convicted murderer Frank Nash back to the US Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, from which he had escaped on October 19, 1930.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@lyledeixler/how-the-1930s-gangsters-changed-our-gun-laws-b2fa3810a8e1"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>
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