Philadelphia Activist Trying To Make Streets Safer By Forging Guns Into Jewelry, Art And Tools

CBS Philadelphia

September 3, 2024

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- At a Philadelphia workshop, guns are taken off the streets and transformed into works of art and everyday items with a powerful message.

Shane Claiborne, a Tennessee native, grew up around guns. But when he moved to North Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood, he saw too many lives lost to gun violence.

He felt he had to do something, so two years ago Claiborne opened RAWtools Philadelphia.

Shane Claiborne at RAWtools Philadelphia with CBS News Philadelphia's Wakisha Bailey/CBS Philadelphia

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