LAPD detectives posing with their weapons: Thompson submachine gun [Tommy Gun], Browning Automatic Rifle [BAR], and a Colt Official Police .38 Special Double Action Revolver
Feb. 17, 1938: Tear gas issues from a home in the 1700 block of East 22nd Street as police trade shots with barricaded suspect George Farley. (J.H. McCrory / Los Angeles Times Archive/UCLA)