RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA - JULY 19: An electromagnet is used to pick up some of approximately 3,500 confiscated guns to be melted down at Gerdau Steel Mill on July 19, 2018 in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. The weapons were seized in criminal investigations, probation seizures, and gun buyback events. David McNew/Getty Images
A truckload of illegal and confiscated guns was demonstrated and destroyed in Los Angeles on Thursday at the 25th Annual Gun Destruction Event.
The Los Angles Sherrif’s Department, partnered with Gerdau Steel Mill, melted over 3,500 firearms into three 64-foot-high angel statues that will be placed in Los Angeles, New York, and the Bay Area.
