BANG-BLING: Bracelets, with serial numbers (above), are made from melted-down guns.
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Newark is taking a shot at a new gun-control strategy — jewelry made from melted-down guns and bullet casings seized by cops.
The Caliber Collection — bracelets that feature the serial number of a seized gun — change a weapon into “an instrument of peace,’’ Newark Mayor Cory Booker said.
A portion of the proceeds from the sales goes to Newark for its gun buyback-amnesty programs, said Connecticut-based jewelry designer Jessica Mindich, who created the bangles and cuffs.
They are sold at calibercollection.com or jewelryforacause.net. The latter is a company Mindich began in 2008 that creates jewelry to be used by nonprofits as a fund-raising tool.
“Last week I went to Newark and gave the mayor $20,000,’’ she told The Post yesterday.
Booker would like to see the line expand to cuff links, Mindich said.
For now, there are steel bangles and cuffs made from illegal guns and brass ones made from shell casings swept from crime scenes.
The items range from $150 to $375.
Mindich says people who wear the bracelets “are expressing solidarity with this important cause, which is the effort to reduce gun violence in America.’’