Philly Fashion Designer Melanie Brandon Turns Guns into Things of Beauty

Philadelphia City Paper | November 25, 2008
Brandon wondered what she could do about such a large and formidable problem as citywide gun violence. She was just a fashion designer, after all. Then it struck her: Take the guns out of circulation. Melt them down. Turn them into jewelry.

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