{"product_id":"blood-gun-money-how-america-arms-gangs-and-cartels-paperback","title":"Blood Gun Money: How America Arms Gangs and Cartels - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIoan Grillo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An eye-opening and riveting account of how guns make it into the black market and into the hands of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ecriminals and drug lords.\"--Adam Winkler\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eEl Narco \u003c\/i\u003eand winner of the Maria Moors Cabot Prize, a searing investigation into the enormous black market for firearms, essential to cartels and gangs in the drug trade and contributing to the epidemic of mass shootings.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe gun control debate is revived with every mass shooting. But far more people die from gun deaths on the street corners of inner city America and across the border as Mexico's powerful cartels battle to control the drug trade. Guns and drugs aren't often connected in our heated discussions of gun control-but they should be. In Ioan Grillo's groundbreaking new work of investigative journalism, he shows us this connection by following the market for guns in the Americas and how it has made the continent the most murderous on earth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrillo travels to gun manufacturers, strolls the aisles of gun shows and gun shops, talks to federal agents who have infiltrated biker gangs, hangs out on Baltimore street corners, and visits the ATF gun tracing center in West Virginia. Along the way, he details the many ways that legal guns can cross over into the black market and into the hands of criminals, fueling violence here and south of the border. Simple legislative measures would help close these loopholes, but America's powerful gun lobby is uncompromising in its defense of the hallowed Second Amendment. Perhaps, however, if guns were seen not as symbols of freedom, but as key accessories in our epidemics of addiction, the conversation would shift. \u003ci\u003eBlood Gun Money\u003c\/i\u003e is that conversation shifter.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIoan Grillo\u003c\/b\u003e is a journalist specializing in crime and drugs for media including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003emagazine and\u003ci\u003e the BBC World Service\u003c\/i\u003e. Based in Mexico City, he has also worked the Discovery Channel, the History Channel, CNN, Reuters, the Associated Press, and Esquire. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eEl Narco\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Award, and \u003ci\u003eGangster Warlords\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice and a \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003eBook of the Year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.25 x 5.55 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 18, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767537041696,"sku":"9781635578485","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/af016cdfb7a53c5d22d6f8fe9c91973c.webp?v=1780312806","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/blood-gun-money-how-america-arms-gangs-and-cartels-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}