Guns to Gardens DFW, a public charity organized by local faith-based community safety advocates, allows people to surrender firearms anonymously. The guns are dismantled and then transformed by blacksmiths, organizers say. Participants may receive gift cards after the firearms are processed.

People arriving with firearms are asked to keep them unloaded and secured in a vehicle’s trunk or rear cargo area. A firearm safety officer will remove the guns and oversee their dismantling, according to the group. Organizers say that once a firearm is dismantled under federal guidelines, it is no longer legally considered a gun and ownership is not transferred.

Father Casey Shobe, rector of the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration in Dallas, said a previous event there in fall 2025 drew people with different reasons for giving up firearms, including households with young children and families concerned about a loved one’s illness or depression.

Shobe connected the effort to the biblical passage in Isaiah about turning weapons into tools for cultivation, describing the transformation as a powerful experience.

The program combines firearm removal with a community-focused message of peace. Its next event is scheduled at New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church; the provided information does not specify the church’s street address.