According to ABC 6 in Providence, students on University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s campus have crafted jewelry and garden tools out of broken-down metals from guns taken off the streets.Swords to Plowshares Northeast has been molding metals from firearms into useful tools for surrounding communities since 2017 and has also partnered with the New Bedford Police Department, who are offering two dozen firearms they bought off city residents. Students and faith leaders stated this felt as a way to symbolize a small step towards peace and the end of gun violence in light of recent school shootings.

The tools will be given to community groups in need.