Artist Victor Hugo Zayas receives the first shipment of the guns that have been ground down.
A close up of a revolver cylinder after it has been through the grinder. This image is not in the exhibit or book but I liked it so I included it here.
An L.A.P.D. SWAT member guards the gun scrap while it is repeatedly checked to be sure there are no functioning guns or salvageable pieces.
A massive magnet drops the gun metal into large barrels.
Bags of guns are loaded onto a conveyor belt to be destroyed.
Weapons seized by the L.A.P.D. sit in a property room before being destroyed.
LAPD S.W.A.T. Teams take the weapons to an undisclosed location to be ground down.
Welding the pieces.
An L.A.P.D. SWAT member guards the gun scrap while it is repeatedly checked to be sure there are no functioning guns or salvageable pieces.
An L.A.P.D. SWAT member guards the gun scrap while it is repeatedly checked to be sure there are no functioning guns or salvageable pieces.
An L.A.P.D. SWAT member guards the gun scrap while it is repeatedly checked to be sure there are no functioning guns or salvageable pieces.
See photo in original gallery.
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