Metalworking projects are turning an object of death into something full of life that sustains life in New Mexico, advocates say. Gardening tools, musical instrumentals, bug sculptures – all of the metal for these projects comes from gun buyback events. People get cash or something of cash value when they turn in their guns, which are dismantled into that metal. “Two years ago, in honor of two students that they lost last year to gun violence, they actually made a working electric guitar and a working xylophone,” said Miranda Viscoli, executive director of New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence. Viscoli’s...