Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-07-26 | Page 13 | Officers Watch Demonstration of 'Type Writers' by Gun Expert

OFFICERS WATCH DEMONSTRATION OF TYPEWRITERS' TYPEWRITERS BY GUN EXPERT t. t 4 r A F I Government Keeps Close Check ck on V Weapons apons in Gang War Use of ot typewriters as- as gangsters term the deadly submachine guns capable of spraying bullets in 15 se seconds was demonstrated to all aU members of the city police force Thursday afternoon at a school conducted conducted con con- ducted by Detective E E. E A. A Hedman ballistics expert in the public safety building gymnasium Although the department has owned three such submachine guns for several years years instruction in itt their use has has' hitherto been limited to a special squad squa-d of six gunners gunners Dete Detective Hedman instructed the r I r 7 74 4 4 c j Detective E. E A A. A Hedman loads a submachine fun gun officers in assembling and taking apart the guns loading and aimi aiming g them hem The weapons were not fired The officers were shown how the gun could be used without the stock and arid concealed under the coat until needed Detective Hedman also showed how the machine can be dismantled dismantled dis dis- dis mantled so no one else could use it and how the recoil mechanism operates operates op Ope op- op so effectively that the butt of the he gun can be placed against a mans man's cheek when the trigger is pulled The federal government is acting to o control traffic in machine guns to keep them out of ot the hands of criminals criminals crimi crimi- nals and police have to order new parts 30 days days' in advance so that everything can be checked Detective Detective Detec Detec- tive Hedman said