Did the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre Spur Calls for Gun Control?

A crowd outside the Clark Street garage, owned by George “Bugs” Moran, where the St. Valentine’s Day massacre took place.

On February 14, 1929, seven gangsters were machine-gunned to death in a Lincoln Park garage, an act that so shocked the nation (“Machine Guns Used to Mow Down Victims,” read a headline in the Scranton Republican), it earned a nickname — and a place in the country’s criminal lore. Weary of the bootlegging wars that were a … Read more