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Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What is Project Safe Neighborhoods?

  • Project Safe Neighborhoods is a nationwide commitment to reduce gun violence by networking existing local programs that target gun crime and providing these programs with additional tools necessary to be successful. The goal is to take a hard line against gun criminals through every available means in an effort to make our streets and communities safer. Project Safe Neighborhoods seeks to achieve heightened coordination among federal, state, and local law enforcement, with an emphasis on tactical intelligence gathering, more aggressive prosecutions, and enhanced accountability through performance measures. The offensive will be led by the U.S. Attorney in each of the 94 federal judicial districts across America.

    • Q: How is Project Safe Neighborhoods funded?

  • Project Safe Neighborhoods commits substantial resources—over $2 billion of Department of Justice funds in the its first 4 years—and state-of-the-art technology to address gun crime. This funding is being used to hire new federal and state prosecutors, support investigators, provide training, distribute gun lock safety kits, deter juvenile gun crime, and develop and promote community outreach efforts and to support other gun violence reduction strategies.

    • Q: How will each U.S. Attorney be involved in Project Safe Neighborhoods?

  • Each local program has been contoured to fit the unique gun crime problem in that district—it is not a “one-size-fits-all” program applied uniformly all across America. Each U.S. Attorney has convened law enforcement participants in his or her community, identified the most pressing crime problems, and worked to attack those problems through such means as aggressive prosecution and the use of newly developed gun-intelligence-gathering systems.

    • Q: Where can I obtain free gun locks?

  • The Children's Initiative provides free gunlocks to communities in our region. The Children's Initiative has provided our communities with over 7000 free gunlocks.. You may obtain a gun lock at the Children's Initiative office or by calling ###-###-####.
  • Project ChildSafe provides gun locks free of charge. To learn where locks are being distributed, please visit: http://www.projectchildsafe.org/tours.cfm.

    • Q: Where can I obtain posters, brochures, and other information?

  • The Children's Initiative also provides gun education brochures and anti-gun crime posters to schools and communities in our region. You may obtain this information at the Children's Initiative office or by calling ###-###-####.

    • Q: Where can I locate statistics about firearm use?

  • The Publications section of the PSN Web site provides links to statistical resources about firearm use.

    • Q: I was a victim of domestic violence and have a protective order against my intimate partner. Can my intimate partner possess or purchase a gun?

  • No. Anyone subject to a qualifying court order that (1) forbids stalking, harassing, or threatening an intimate partner or that partner's child and (2) finds the person to be a credible threat to the physical safety of such intimate partner or child or explicitly prohibits the use of force against such intimate partner or child is not eligible to purchase or possess a gun. For more information, please review the Law section of the PSN Web site.

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