Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The GFSZA, which Congress originally enacted in 1990, makes it a felony to possess a gun within 1,000 feet of an elementary or ...

I am writing regarding the editorial, “Our view: Choose light” (Herald, Dec. 17). There is one point you missed: these are Gun-Free Zones – and, in some cases, gun-free countries. It is easy to attack ...

A plan to create a firearm-free zone in the heart of the French Quarter by designating the police station on Royal Street as a vocational technical school hasn’t gained much traction in the nearly ...

NOW. REVISITING TALKS ON A GUN FREE ZONE. THAT’S WHAT LAWMAKERS SAY COULD BE COMING AFTER A SHOOTING INJURED FIVE PEOPLE RIGHT IN THE FRENCH QUARTER ON SUNDAY NIGHT. EFFORTS TO CARVE OUT A SAFE ZONE ...

A House Democrat filed a bill Tuesday Nov. 4 to reinstate more than a dozen gun-free zones invalidated by an appellate court ruling that found Florida’s open carry ban unconstitutional. The measure ...