Swords into plowshares, Guns into "Peace Angels"

Last Mother's Day, the Violence Prevention Coalition of Los Angeles ran a gun buy-back event where people could exchange firearms for grocery coupons -- no questions asked. The VPC collected more than 2,700 guns that day.

Now some of them are being "up-cycled" -- melted down and re-purposed -- as works of art called "Peace Angels."

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An image of the November 2026 issue of Sojourners, titled "Face to Face." It features George Lakey on the cover
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