He wants a pilot program to create drug- and gun-free zones around public schools, using officers on intensive foot patrol.

There is considerable dispute over the effectiveness of such "gun-free zones".

The mayor said it made him wonder why there were no signs marking gun-free zones as well.

Jacob Sullum, an opponent of gun control, described the base as a "gun-free zone."

Bunia was to be a gun-free zone.

The state attorney general's office said Roseland was the only municipality in the state to try to create such gun-free zones.

Creating gun-free zones within 1,000 feet of schools.

It campaigns for strict gun control laws and promotes firearm-free and gun-free zones.

Have a gun-free zone around every school in this country.

Unfortunately, it's doubtful that anyone will propose a sensible solution that could have prevented the killings in the first place: making courthouses gun-free zones.