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Fair to say there is a lot of overlap with the gangster imagery, my first exposures to it were probably Home Alone and CoD 3 as a kid and it took me a while to connect the dots but I dont think it invalidates its association with the war. I still feel like it's probably the gun most associated with WW2, pretty much any WW2 movie or game is going to feature someone running and gunning with their Thompson in some standout scene and everyone in the audience is going to be able to point and go "look it's da tommy gun". Normies dont even know what a Luger is despite it being extremely iconic, I remember having to explain how to pronounce it to my high school English teacher and class when we were reading Of Mice and Men because they had no idea what it was.