wiredinUSA August 2018

Guns to rebar

County authorities say that over the last 23 years they have destroyed around 170,000 weapons at the steel mill, which recycles scrap metal.

Los Angeles County’s Sheriff’s Department has held its 25 th annual gun destruction event at the Gerdau steel mill in Rancho Cucamonga. “Each illegal weapon removed from our streets significantly influences the community and citizens we serve,” said Chief Eric Parra in a statement. Handguns, rifles and automatic weapons collected in criminal investigations and probation seizures, as well as guns turned in by citizens, were melted at 3,000ºC for use in the production of rebar.

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