5,495 Guns & Weapons Melted Into Rebar Today
Will be Used to Build Highway Bridges
Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca Oversees the 20th Annual Gun Melt Destruction of Weapons
On Tuesday, July 30, 2013, Sheriff Baca announced the destruction of 5,495 weapons confiscated from criminals in Los Angeles County and collected through the “Gifts for Guns” exchange program. Annually, Gerdau Steel Mill, located in Rancho Cucamonga, generously donates its furnace, equipment and personnel to convert these weapons into steel rebar. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Works also donates the trucks every year that transport the weapons to the Mill.
These weapons will be melted into steel reinforcing bar (rebar) and ultimately transformed into elements of construction for upgrades in freeways and bridges in Arizona, California and Nevada. “Our partnership with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department allows us the opportunity to make an impact in our community,” said Jim Crompton, Vice President and General Manager of Gerdau Steel Mill. http://www.gerdau.com/longsteel/ “We are taking weapons that could destroy our community and repurposing them into steel that will literally help build our community.”
Twelve law enforcement agencies have contributed confiscated weapons to this program. These agencies include Downey Police Department, Long Beach Police Department, Signal Hill Police Department, Claremont Police Department, El Montel Police Department, West Covina Police Department, Whittier Police Department, Santa Monica Police Department, Bell Gardens Police Department, Culver City Police Department, El Camino College Police Department and Inglewood Police Department.
The collection of weapons can be attributed to the hard work of the law enforcement officers throughout Los Angeles County. Sheriff Baca stated, “These weapons that you see here will never again be used to commit a crime or used to threaten or intimidate an innocent victim.”
On Tuesday, July 30, 2013, Sheriff Baca announced the destruction of 5,495 weapons confiscated from criminals in Los Angeles County and collected through the “Gifts for Guns” exchange program. Annually, Gerdau Steel Mill, located in Rancho Cucamonga, generously donates its furnace, equipment and personnel to convert these weapons into steel rebar. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Works also donates the trucks every year that transport the weapons to the Mill.
These weapons will be melted into steel reinforcing bar (rebar) and ultimately transformed into elements of construction for upgrades in freeways and bridges in Arizona, California and Nevada. “Our partnership with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department allows us the opportunity to make an impact in our community,” said Jim Crompton, Vice President and General Manager of Gerdau Steel Mill. http://www.gerdau.com/longsteel/ “We are taking weapons that could destroy our community and repurposing them into steel that will literally help build our community.”
Twelve law enforcement agencies have contributed confiscated weapons to this program. These agencies include Downey Police Department, Long Beach Police Department, Signal Hill Police Department, Claremont Police Department, El Montel Police Department, West Covina Police Department, Whittier Police Department, Santa Monica Police Department, Bell Gardens Police Department, Culver City Police Department, El Camino College Police Department and Inglewood Police Department.
The collection of weapons can be attributed to the hard work of the law enforcement officers throughout Los Angeles County. Sheriff Baca stated, “These weapons that you see here will never again be used to commit a crime or used to threaten or intimidate an innocent victim.”
California Penal Code 12028 (b)(1)…a firearm of any nature owned or possessed in violation…or used in the commission of any misdemeanor…any felony…with the use of a firearm, [is] A NUISANCE…(c)Any weapon described in subdivision (a), or, upon conviction of the defendant…described in subdivision (b) shall be surrendered to the sheriff of a county or the chief of police...(d)If, under this section, a weapon is not of the type that can be sold to the public…in the month of July…shall be destroyed so that it can no longer be used as such a weapon…
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