Philly artists melt down guns to build a community space

Philly blacksmith Shane Claiborne and artist Jacob "Chris" Hammes are forging guns into gardening tools, bullet barrels into benches and closed minds into open hearts. Why it matters: The duo teamed up on a new art installation they've nicknamed Kensington's "Peace Garden," intentional word play since "piece" is slang for the decommissioned guns that make up the community space. The big picture: Kensington, long considered an opioid epicenter,...