Blood gun money : how America arms gangs and cartels / Ioan Grillo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grillo, Ioan, 1973- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gun control--United States.

Gun control.

Illegal arms transfers.

United States.

Firearms--Law and legislation--United States.

Firearms.

Firearms--Law and legislation.

Illegal arms transfers--United States.

Illegal arms transfers--Mexico.

Drug traffic--United States.

Drug traffic.

Drug traffic--Mexico.

Mexico.

Physical Description:

386 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.

Summary:

Presents a searing investigation into the role of the drug trade in the black market for firearms, both within the U.S. and across the U.S.-Mexican border.

Guns and drugs are not often connected in our heated discussions of gun control-- but they should be. Grillo 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. He travels to gun manufacturers, strolls the aisles of gun shows and gun shops, talks to FBI 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. -- adapted from jacket

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The Guns of El Chapo

2. The Draco

3. Gun Police

4. Body More

5. The Border

6. Leakage

7. Gun Nuts

8. Fast and Furious

9. Refugees

10. Terrorists

11. Ghosts

12. Day of the Dead.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-350) and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781635572780

1635572789

9781526632838

1526632837

OCLC:

1237708061