Gritty Gangsters

     1920's; an ideal decade for American gangsters. John Dillinger, Bonnie & Clyde, Pretty Boy Floyd, Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly, all major gangsters of the period. Not like the term "gangster" we've come to think of today, such as drug cartels and enemy gangs i.e. Bloods / Crippes. These gangsters were focused on business. Yes they were to be feared, but they loved to negotiate. Our nation has organizations that have been formed just because of their outrageous criminal activity. The FBI was formed because John Dillinger had robbed several banks and even escaped from prison by carving a wooden pistol. Bonnie & Clyde were the first male/female duo criminal couple. They swept the nation on a robbing spree. Al Capone, "Scarface", bootlegged alcohol for people to consume as the 18th Amendment was passed so one could not manufacture or sell alcohol. Then later getting locked away for tax invasion. Ironic don't you think ? But in the end, big business gangsters dwindled and later emerged the violence we know of today, but we still have to thank these figures, though they WERE criminals, you can't help but respect them, as they did what they did in style.