Detroit joins Newark, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Hartford as cities where jewelry buyers can support police gun-buying programs.
This white gold-plated wrist bracelet costs $495, with $99 of that going to a city gun-recovery program.
A company called Jewelry for a Cause adds a 13-item Detroit Caliber Collection to its array of offbeat fashion accents, Sherri Welch writes at her Crain's blog.
Bullet casings recovered from Detroit crime scenes and local gun buyback programs are finding new life as . . . bangles, cuff bracelets and cufflinks. . . .
The pieces, stamped with the serial numbers of recovered guns, are available at the Detroit Institute of Arts and The Detroit Shoppe or online.
The jewelry sells at prices ranging from $150 to $1,325, with 20 percent of the net proceeds coming back to Detroit to help fund gun buyback programs to get illegal guns off the streets.
The metal shells used are "obtained through the Detroit Police Department," Welch reports.
-- Alan Stamm
The Connecticut-based jewelry maker promotes its unusual Caliber Collection fashion accessories as Valentines Day presents.
