City of Seattle Reportedly Turning Buyback Guns Into 'Peace Bricks

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The city of Seattle is one of many that launched a gun buyback program in the wake of the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut last December.  Now, city officials have decided what to do with the more than 700 firearms they received, according to the Associated Press. 

They've decided to turn them into "peace bricks."

What are peace bricks, you ask?  Apparently they are like regular bricks, but "carry messages of peace," and they'll be placed in various locations around the city.

Mayor Mike McGinn is expected to make the announcement Tuesday. 

The Associated Press continues:

Private sponsors including Amazon.com contributed tens of thousands of dollars so that people could anonymously turn in their weapons for shopping cards worth up to $200.

Some 716 guns were turned in. With support from the charitable foundation of famed glass artist Dale Chihuly, they'll be turned into bricks.

The mayor plans to visit public schools around the city to hear from students about how gun violence affects them, and their messages of peace will be represented on the bricks.

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