{"product_id":"basic-pistol-living-and-dying-by-the-gun-in-america-by-harel-shapira","title":"Basic Pistol: Living and Dying by the Gun in America by Harel Shapira","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"doPublisherSearch\" href=\"https:\/\/ipage.ingramcontent.com\/ipage\/productdetail?queryString=H4sIAAAAAAAA_xXKwQpAUBCF4VfRWdtQNrOUkkQWdpLEVTe3RuZKyLsbu-8_nQcyg5bRiQkhzCC_H8rNg5Ayr1DLDYoThdOxqPMK_1edVXX2ewN1XRRCXZrr5H0eWuud0U5HsVPQWPHs0PfvBy7HSBFxAAAA\u0026amp;R=89288825\u0026amp;dNo=0#\"\u003ePantheon Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is the realization that led sociologist Harel Shapira to embed himself in Tactical Training, a popular firearms school in rural Texas. Here, students learn that any grocery store trip could become a shootout, and any day could be the day that a home intruder murders your family. They learn that waiting for the police to save the day is a death sentence. To be safe is to always carry a gun--and to always be ready and willing to use it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eForty-two classes, ten thousand rounds of ammunition, and one concealed carry license later, Shapira has emerged with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBasic Pistol\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a dark and richly textured plunge into a uniquely American way of living. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBasic Pistol\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003efollows Shapira's fraught journey through the world of firearms schools and into a community for whom gun ownership is livelihood, is tradition, is identity. It exposes the racist fears and heroic fantasies gun owners are taught to carry alongside their guns. It shows how a relentless sense of vulnerability has empowered them to shoot with impunity. And it argues this education in violence, as much as any legislation, has torn through the social fabric, killing not only people but the very kinds of relationships that make democracy viable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePage-turning and paradigm-shifting, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBasic Pistol\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eshows that if there's any hope of reining in gun violence, it must start with the people who carry the guns.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dotters Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53837361873189,"sku":"9780593317198","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2167\/5269\/files\/9780593317198.gif?v=1789575224","url":"https:\/\/dottersbooks.com\/products\/basic-pistol-living-and-dying-by-the-gun-in-america-by-harel-shapira","provider":"Dotters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}