The Don’t Lie for the Other Guy program, a joint effort between the National Shooting Sports Foundation and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, educates federally licensed retailers on how to detect and deter potential criminal purchases. The program, part of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Project Safe Neighborhoods, presents regional seminars, gives out Don’t Lie point-of-sale kits, and has developed a public awareness component.

Project ChildSafe is a nationwide program whose purpose is to promote safe firearms handling and storage practices among firearms owners through the distribution of key safety education messages and free gun locking devices. It is supported by a U.S. Department of Justice grant and is a component of Project Safe Neighborhoods. Project ChildSafe partners with governors, lieutenant governors, U.S. Attorneys, mayors, and local law enforcement agencies across the country to distribute safety kits.

Weed and Seed, a part of the Community Capacity Development Office in the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, is a two-pronged strategy to “weed out” violent crime, drug abuse, and gang activity in targeted high-crime neighborhoods and to “seed” communities with social services and resources. Weed and Seed often partners with Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) because the two programs share complementary objectives. The prosecutorial focus of PSN supports Weed and Seed’s goal of removing violent criminals from the streets, and the community contacts fostered by Weed and Seed help PSN communicate the consequences of illegal gun use to targeted communities.