Georgetown Public Policy Review
Policy Shaping Our Future
While firearms are protection for many Americans, certain high-crime neighborhoods may want to mutually disarm through consensus as a method of increasing their security. But are gun-free neighborhoods feasible in our legal framework?
by Jessica Wintfeld A blip. A statistical aberration. These were the terms some experts used to describe the crime rate in 2005, when the national crime rate increased for the first time in 14 years. Perhaps this was a safe assumption. One year does not unmake a trend that has been built over a decade. […]