Looks like a .45 cal Thompson Submachine gun with a drum magazine to me.
/johnny
Some states allow possession of automatic weapons if all Federal requirements are met.
If the Dems plan to use pics of Ted Cruz firing that SMG with captions like “He’s nuts! He’s dangerous!!” they should beware of generating a positive backlash & the opposite of what they intend.
Liberals’ gun mantra these days is “more guns in fewer hands”. They couldn’t be more wrong.
CRUZ or Lose!
Probably a semiauto. The full auto tommy guns cost a mint.
It are looks like one.