Were Vegas Killers Stopped by CCW?

Right now all we know is the man was the unfortunate victim of two individual's madness. His death was unfortunate and I really feel for his loved ones. However, there is nothing more we can conclude until he official police report comes out. The press and media is oftentimes wrong. Speculating about his actions is unfair to him and his family. I will wait until the official report and then make further determinations.
 
In the military we had two vaults, M-60's and M-16 Bolts in one and M-16's and M60 bolts in the other you would have to get into both vaults to have an operable weapon except 1911a1's.
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Well that is far superior to my Arms Room in Korea when I was in the 2nd ID in '88 - '90.

I was on CQ one night and a little bored and was making my early rounds. The Armorer was working late so we talked a little and when I looked at our M-60s hanging from pegs on the wall left side of the cage I had a funny thought. I asked the Armorer if I could try something and he said sure.

I reach in through the bars and grabbed an M60 off the wall. I then extended the bi-pod and set it barrel down on the floor inside just as I was taught to do. I disassembled the entire MG pulling each removed piece through the bars and reassembled it on my side of the cage.

When I finished I told the Armorer to take a look. He looked up at me holding an M60 that just a couple of minutes before had been inside his locked cage. I reported it to the 1SG the next day and the M60s were moved far out of reach.

Mr. Wilcox's actions were the actions of a hero. He took action to protect others and he paid for that with his life. It might seem that he had no effect on the outcome of the event, but he was part of it and I am not in a hurry to make a claim that his actions had no impact on the outcome.

In World War 2, the 101st AB was credited with saving Bastogne from capture. What is generally unknown is that over a day before the 101st Arrived in that city, German mechanized forces driving south of the city came to an intersection with a road that went North to the city. This was the southern group charged with encircling what the German's believed would certainly be a well defended position.

There were tank tracks on the road and the Germans questioned a farmer who said many American tanks had come from the West and turned North to Bastogne. To the Germans this confirmed that strong forces must be defending this vital road network.

What the Germans didn't know was that the farmer had embellished the size of the American Armored force and that this force had gone to Bastogne and then left driving back to the West where they had come from. Bastogne was completely empty that day, no US Forces were in the city. The Germans could have driven in capturing the town unopposed and General McAuliffe would have needed another opportunity to become famous for saying "Nuts".

In truth, Bastogne was saved twice, once by the 101st, but first it was saved by a farmer.
 
I was stationed in Germany while I was in the army (as was my son and now, my son-in-law). We had no "vaults" in the arms room, just row after row of ordinary racks. It was a division headquarters company and there were lots and lots of pistols, including two .32 Colts, but I don't remember how any of them were kept. There was an ordinary metal office supply cabinet where all of the privately owned firearms were kept, including mine.

I was on the IG team for a while and once I recall that an inspector complained that the racks that held M-79 grenade launchers were not secure and that they could easily be removed. They were gigged over that even though the inspector was unable to actually remove any of the weapons. That was a while ago.

I also vividly recall that in my hometown in West Virginia, the police, at the time, were housed in half of a building that also housed the fire department. The front of the building was garage doors and in warm weather, they'd open the doors and sit on lawn chairs out front. Their gun cabinet containing their submachine guns, shotguns and rifles was visible from the street. These days I suppose that would be a no-no.
 
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