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by timmy » Sun Aug 05, 2012 11:10 pm
Bonnie and Clyde were Depression-era bank robbers from the area of East Texas and Wester Louisiana. They became folk heroes to some from a time full of such gangsters, such as John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, and Machine Gun Kelly. When the Depression hit, many farms and homes were foreclosed by banks, and many people lost their savings in banks that failed, so banks and bankers were not generally held in high regard at that time. When goons like Bonnie and Clyde robbed banks, they were looked at as doing something to the banks that they deserved, in some circles.
Clyde was known for using BARs (yes, the full auto military ones!) along with a collection of shotguns and "tommy guns," all of which were appreciated by Depression-era goons. It was at this time that the then-new Ford V8 rose to fame in the minds of people as a cheap car with good performance, as in use as a "get away car." The Ford V8 was a first in the low cost market dominated by 4 and 6 cylinder machines.
As at other times, it was a time when law enforcement often found itself at a technological disadvantage with regard to firearms.
Bonnie and Clyde, like so many of that era's goons, were finally dispatched when someone tipped off a Texas lawman, who organized a sort of posse and ambushed the couple as they traveled down a country road. Their end was notable for how riddled their car and their bodies were with lead, on the order of Sonny's killing as depicted in the first "Godfather" movie.
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