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While I was in college I had a job every summer to earn a few $$$. In summer of 1973 I think it was, I was a 20 yo bartender at the Enlisted Mans Club at Tinker AFB. Beer only served there at 25 cents draft, 50 cents a can and little pizzas for a buck.

One day, the boss came in said this is a drill, hit the Red Button, a silent alarm. In a minute, the first APs started piling in with M-16s and probably others were securing the exterior of the building, I couldn’t see that from where I was with my hands up. This wasn’t play acting, firearms were loaded for bear.

So, I have a lot of respect for military security but not every location has a red button by them to hot line a call out to the Calvary. Errr A-10s.... I’ve got no problem with a subgroup of non-security persons being authorized to open or concealed carry on base. The more the better.