Kids need more music in their lives

It’s really quite simple. Studies have shown that schools that have music programs have a higher graduation rate and lower incidence of violence on school grounds. For the last few decades arts education funding has been slashed so many schools can no longer afford to lend instruments to kids.

Kids need less guns in their lives

There are five firearms for every K-12 school child in the United States and firearms are the second leading cause of death for American children and teens. More than 9 children a day lose their life to a weapon. While we are not a gun control organization we are an organization that takes unwanted weapons from the supply chain and gives them a new purpose on life.

Each year, tens of thousands of guns are turned into scrap metal - metal that can be up-cycled into instruments for our future musicians to start making some noise.

Music IS a vessel for unity and Healing

What makes our nation indivisible is how we ultimately unite in the face of adversity. Even as we strain under the discord over our second amendment rights, there is harmony all around in the things we share in common, no matter our creed. So here we are. An important national inflection point is upon us. There will be some that seek difference. That thrive on division. And there will be others that rise in humanity. That chase what we have in common and do uncommon things to celebrate the divinity in us all. We are for the latter.

Music brings us together. It heals and inspires us to be the best version of ourselves. Armory of Harmony is about where we agree: Mental health is an important aspect of gun safety. Music is a universal language that connects us. An instrument in the hand of child is a vessel for unity and healing.

*National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation, October 2018