Thank you for pointing this out. I spend a lot of time replying to the misconception that possession on a "federal reservation" (whatever that is) is automatically illegal.GlockenHammer wrote:First, it is not against Federal Law (18 USC 930) to have your gun in your car on NASA property, only to have it in a building. It is against a Federal Regulation (14 CFR 1205.1005 IIRC) that NASA WROTE which includes a provision for someone to be authorized to have a gun on NASA property.
There are Laws, then there are Rules, then there are Policies.
As you pointed out, the law (18 USC 930) only concerns "facilities", defined as buildings where federal employees regularly work. Per the law, loaded concealed carry is perfectly legal right up to the doorway. (Not going into the "other lawful purposes" argument for now.)
And then there are "Rules", where regulations are "codified", or given the weight of law by being written into the Code of Federal Regulations. The CFR is supposed to be used for agencies to write implementing language to help them abide by the laws as passed by Congress. As seen here, there is a history of agencies going waaaaay beyond the law as written, and just creating their own law.
Finally, there are "policies". Violations can get employees disciplined or fired, but there is no legal weight to policies. And the fun part is that all policies are negotiable between the agency and the "exclusive bargaining unit representative", aka "the Union". (There are some exceptions, such as "technology of work" and "internal security practices".)
Kevin
Congressmen and Lobbyist have short memories with limmited focus and tend to focus on the headlines of the day. 
