About The Program

Project Safe Neighborhoods is a nationwide program to reduce gun violence, adaptable to local circumstances, that was launched in 2001 by President Bush and Attorney General John Ashcroft.

The cornerstone of the Northern District of Illinois' local program is that every state defendant with a gun will be reviewed for possible federal prosecution. The aim of the program is inform repeat offenders that they risk federal prosecution and imprisonment for weapons violations.

PSN-Chicago welcomes your interest and involvement in making all neighborhoods safe.

If you have information concerning any illegal possession of a firearm please call:

1-877-CPD-GUNS

or

1-800-ATF-GUNS

If you want to be of service in your community assiting in the PSN initiative, please call: 312-372-0101

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Who Cannot Own a Gun

Anyone under indictment for, or convicted of, any crime punishable by imprisonment for more than one year

Fugitives from justice

Anyone who uses or is addicted to a controlled substance

Someone who has been declared mentally defective or has been committed to a mental institution

Illegal aliens

Anyone who has been dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces

A person who has renounced United States citizenship

Someone who is subject to a restraining order that prohibits it

Anyone convicted of domestic abuse