ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — In a unique initiative to promote gun violence awareness, an Asheville church hosted an event Saturday that allowed community members to surrender their firearms in exchange for gardening tools.
The First Baptist Church of Asheville held “Guns to Gardens,” a drive-thru style event, that encouraged participants to bring their unloaded guns to be transformed into garden tools.
Casey Callahan, the coordinating pastor at the church, shared his personal motivation for participating in the event…