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Please understand I am speaking as an Air Force "retiree" (about 3 years ago) on this subject. At one point, I lived in base housing in California. I had my firearms registered with the base armory, and kept in my house. No one ever came to my house to check on them. (Those in the barracks were prohibited from having ANY weapons, including larger knives.) However, that was with Mr. Bush as President, and we moved off-base prior to the current POTUS. No one, other than security personnel/military police (and a very few other exceptions) are allowed to carry a firearm on base/post. From what I gather, that started a VERY long time ago via policy from each service branch, and was later codified by the DOD, first under President Nixon, updated under George HW Bush, and under Clinton, GW Bush and finally the current POTUS. I'm not sure what the exact proper solution may be, and I understand arguments both for and against, but one thing is for certain: the current policy does NOT work, and proves the adage of "when seconds count, the police are only minutes away", no matter how good the particular law enforcement agency might be. That is NOT a dig at law enforcement, it is a fact.