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A '''gun-free zone''' is a place where, by [[law]] or company or other rule, no person may bring a [[gun]] on-site.
The concept of a place where "people can be sure no one has a gun" is now controversial, for a simple reason: the [[United States]] has seen a raft of mass murders, all occurring in such zones.
Ironically, the [[Fort Hood]] venue where thirteen soldiers died, was a gun-free zone, per military regulation.
So also was Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, [[Connecticut]].