Welding students turn firearms into garden art with guns from police buy-back program [Video]

Guns, once a tool that could be used to harm, are being given new life as tools of creation through gun buy-back programs in Albuquerque, New Mexico. These events not only remove dangerous weapons from the streets but also transform them into meaningful works of art.Judeah Piro, a dedicated member of Robert F. Kennedy Charter High School welding group, joined the program a few years ago.Under the guidance of instructor Robert Baade, Judeah and the rest of the members started to view guns from a completely different perspective. What once were weapons are now seen as raw materials for creativity.”They look at the gun pieces differently now,” Baade explains. “When they’re taking apart pistols, they search for unique parts that might make a perfect nose for a sculpture of a bug.” The gun is cut down into workable pieces for the high school students, then they fire the metal and …