>If he's got a gun in each hand, how is he cleaning out the cash register? Three hands or creative journalism. >(I expect the author meant "from under her coa

>If he's got a gun in each hand, how is he cleaning out the cash register? Three hands or creative journalism. >(I expect the author meant "from under her coat" and she had a tommy gun Self loading pistols were called "automatics" in the day (they were more "automatic" than a revolver and all this stuff was relatively new, the wording was still getting figured out). A couple that felt the need to shore up their finances via armed robbery would not have had access to a Thompson. They were VERY expensive. A Tommy gun is a pretty big weapon. An NFL line backer wearing a fur coat might be able to conceal one (a typical pattern folding stock AK is smaller in every way). An average person probably shouldn't even try. The women in the story is 5ft tall.