D.C. police officers will ask residents to let them search their homes for handguns without facing the risk of arrest as part of a three-pronged initiative aimed at lowering gun violence.

The amnesty program, called “Safe Homes Initiative,” is aimed at taking guns off the streets and allows residents the give up illegal weapons without being locked up, according to D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier. The three initiatives were announced Wednesday, one week before the District goes before the U.S. Supreme Court to defend its strict handgun ban law.

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