Colorado Springs, Colorado - Blacksmith Fred Martin creates garden tools from discarded firearms. Left over gunstocks are piled up in his workshop. Ma

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Colorado Springs, Colorado - Blacksmith Fred Martin creates garden tools from discarded firearms. Left over gunstocks are piled up in his workshop. Martin is part of a Mennonite nonprofit, RAWTools, that is inspired by the Biblical injunction to "beat swords into plowshares."

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Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Photo credit: © Jim West / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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