Disarm hearts. Forge peace. Cultivate Justice. Replacing tools of violence with tools of creation. #SwordsToPlows
Executive Director co-author of Beating Guns
The title to @natgrace79’s ep on Smashing Idols isn’t the full picture. We also spent a good bit talking nonviolence, specifically mentioning @ShaneClaiborne and @RAWtools as great resources.
I really loved the veteran-to-pacifist perspective!!!
🎙️https://t.co/Vb5OU1ygYS
Yesterday I learned how to transform a gun into a garden tool. It brought to mind the words of Anne Frank: “I can feel the sufferings of millions and yet, if I look up into the heavens, I think that it will all come right, that this cruelty too will end” Thanks @RAWtools!
This is what Kingdom of God looks like.
Swords to plowshares.
The tools of violence and war reshaped into tools of cultivation and peacemaking.
Art via Kelly Latimore Icons @KLICONS
WE DID IT!
We bought the shop!
Today we purchased the 3 story building we’ve been renting for @RAWtools Philly. We have all sorts of dreams for this space. Now we are raising funds to renovate it! Give whatever you can here:
https://t.co/lulUrY6sJN
Much 🧡 to @MomsDemand for supporting Iowa's 1st Guns to Gardens event. The @PresbyPeace & @RAWtools partnership provides gun owners an opportunity to safely surrender firearms. We destroyed 15 today. Thank you to @FirstPresIC for hosting. My #GunViolencePrevention 🧡 is full.
We are excited to share the Clergy Led Gun Violence Prevention Starter Kit! This resource is designed to help faith-based groups take action against gun violence in our communities. Let's unite for a safer future! #ccdapdx#endgunviolence#goodstuff
CHECK IT OUT!
New article I just wrote comes out this weekend (and in Sunday’s paper) on police selling guns. Over 50,000 guns used in crime have been tracked back to law enforcement. This is exactly why we destroy every surrendered gun on the spot @RAWtools. This is a big deal and could really be a gamechanger as we ask Philly police and @PhillyMayor to make it easier to get guns off the street permanently! Grateful to @PhillyInquirer for publishing this piece.
https://t.co/i8WRmvBstW
“We need a new process in Philadelphia and around the country to decommission — and destroy — guns.”
Thoughtful oped by @ShaneClaiborne@RAWtools responding to reporting by CBS @teamtrace@reveal on guns sold by police: https://t.co/2rbw0v6Ezd
Oped: https://t.co/rZkNV1EYn5
I’ve been chopping up guns all day, and it feels so good… especially after a weekend with NINE mass shootings (more than 4 people shot).
We are having a blacksmithing marathon at @RAWtools - blacksmithing for 44,000 minutes this month… one minute for every life lost to guns last year. Here are a few of the things I made today!
See more here: https://t.co/3bbERXU1v8