wiredinUSA September 2015

Annual rebar event

Annual rebar event

improves our landscape and economy in Southern California.” Gerdau Steel Mill donates its furnace, equipment and personnel once a year to convert the weapons into steel rebar, while the Los Angeles county department of public works donates the trucks that transport the weapons to the mill. The Los Angeles county sheriff’s department and ten other participating agencies also contributed confiscated weapons to the destruction.

August greeted the 22 nd annual gun destruction in Los Angeles County. Around 3,400 confiscated weapons (approximately 5.25t) were melted into rebar for use in upgrades to freeways and bridges in Arizona, California and Nevada. “Gerdau and the Los Angeles county sheriff’s department both aim to support a healthy and safe community,” said Mark Olson, vice president and general manager of the Gerdau Steel Mill in Rancho Cucamonga. “This activity transforms weapons that were intended, or used, to inflict harm into a product that

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