So much for the argument that having more people armed in public places will result in fewer gun deaths.
One of the three people killed recently by a Las Vegas couple, Jerad and Amanda Miller, was an armed civilian, Joseph Wilcox. Two police officers who were also killed, Igor Soldo and Alyn Beck, were ambushed while having lunch. Seated in a booth, they had no chance to defend themselves, according to witnesses.
Wilcox, 31, was inside the Wal-Mart store when the Millers entered firing and ord
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