I actually knew men that were involved in such things back then...and the general feeling was that those two were what now days have been called 7-11 gangbangers. Just cheap shoot-em-up hoods. Too, they were blamed for lots they didn't do. Just convenient. They were never big buck robbers and killed lots of people because they just liked the thrill. Thought they'd never be brought down, so why not...
Yes, nice old gun. Yes, he had a cut down BAR and a cut down Browning auto 5.
Yes, I had an M1, (not and A1)...but the early one, and a 1928 (not and A1)...a nice Savage gun made on the Colt tooling. I had that one for 22 years. Yes they're nice.