I have read lately that a number of government officials have elected to take refuge from the mobs by hiding out in military housing on military bases. I've never been to Fort McNair but I have been to several other bases in the National Capital Region and this might be the time to mention that if you thought our nation's elementary schools were hostile territory, free fire zones and rabidly gun free you ain't seen nothing yet because there are even fewer guns on military bases. They're simply not allowed. Military Police and them only when on duty are allowed to carry weapons. For all the rest you might as well be at school.
I spent a lot of time on military bases and schools and I'll take the army posts any day of the week but there is that quirk of assumptions. People like me of a certain age and era think that the bases and posts are much the way they were 50 years ago and I suspect that just isn't true. I'll bet the modern military post is awash with private guns and rabid little trolls ready willing and able to use them on anyone they run across on base.
Let's remember that physician Major Nidal Hasan didn't have any trouble at all shooting 30 people on Fort Hood and killing 15 of them when he gave in to his perfectly predictable anger and inclination to terrorism.
Perhaps military housing and military bases are not as safe as Homeland Security and other Federal Agencies such as the War Department imagine they are. Still, if the neighbors complain about security, blocked streets, loud generators and vehicles running 24/7 right outside their bedroom windows, who cares. They're just military families. Tell you what though, none of them are likely to care if you fly one of the flags of our Revolution except maybe to ask you where they can buy one too.
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Making a place "gun free" is essentially an impossible task. We can't keep drugs, cell phones and weapons out of prisons. Anyone thinking ANY place can be kept perfectly safe is a fool.
These are heavily guarded "gated communities" and the .gov officials aren't going to be living in regular enlisted or lower Officer quarters.
I'm sure they've got Admiral or Generals quarters available, no matter how they acquire them.
Well, people think they are and if you try to get onto some bases it can be a hard nut unless you drive a delivery truck and have to stop at Pass and ID to get a pass and then you're right through the gate and off to the races. General and Flag officer quarters are usually on the same street or one street over from Colonel's Row or out in the wilderness. That said, there is a huge difference between getting on at NASNI and Mirimar and between getting on NOB and the Shipyards on the river bases in Norfolk.
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