{"product_id":"let-it-bang-a-young-black-mans-reluctant-odyssey-into-guns-isbn-9781328826336","title":"Let It Bang: A Young Black Man’s Reluctant Odyssey into Guns","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe quest, funny and searing, of a young man black man learning to shoot—a fascinating odyssey into race, guns, and self-protection in America\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The most RJ Young knew about guns was that they could get him killed. Until, recently married to a white woman and in desperate need of a way to relate to his gun-loving father-in-law, Young does the unimaginable: he accepts Charles’s gift of a Glock.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Despite, or because of, the racial rage and fear he experiences among white gun owners (“Ain’t you supposed to be shooting a basketball?”), Young determines to get good, \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e good, with a gun. \u003ci\u003eLet It Bang\u003c\/i\u003e is the compelling story of the author’s unexpected obsession—he eventually becomes an NRA-certified pistol instructor—and of his deep dive into the heart of America's gun culture: what he sees as the domino effect of white fear, white violence, black fear, rinse, repeat. Young’s original reporting on shadow industries like US Law Shield, which insures and defends people who report having shot someone in self-defense, and on the newly formed National African American Gun Association, gives powerful insight into the dynamic. Through indelible profiles, Young brings us up to the current rocketing rise in gun ownership among black Americans, most notably women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLet It Bang\u003c\/i\u003e is an utterly original look at American gun culture from the inside, and from the other side—and, most movingly, the story of a young black man's hard-won nonviolent path to self-protection.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“We need more books like this: personal, emotional meditations on gun ownership…showing us all the ways in which guns take on meaning for people, and what happens when those meanings collide.” –\u003cem\u003ePacific Standard\u003c\/em\u003e   “RJ Young's \u003cem\u003eLet It Bang\u003c\/em\u003e is a penetrating and personal look at America's gun culture that hits the mark, finding both what brings us together as much as what tears us apart.”—Glenn Stout, author of \u003cem\u003eYoung Woman and the Sea \u003c\/em\u003eand series editor, \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Sports Writing\u003c\/em\u003e     “It's easy to stand outside the fray and criticize the gun-hung whites and radical rednecks defending the Second Amendment. It takes real courage to grab a pistol, head to the range, and try to understand where they're coming from. This is RJ Young's success with \u003cem\u003eLet It Bang\u003c\/em\u003e.”—Ben Montgomery, author of\u003cem\u003e Grandma Gatewood’s Walk\u003c\/em\u003e   “In the often muddled debate over gun possession and gun violence,\u003cem\u003e Let It Bang\u003c\/em\u003e resonates with common sense.”—Charles E. Cobb, Jr., author of \u003cem\u003eThis Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible\u003c\/em\u003e   “Honest and heartbreaking, Young’s raw account of being a black gun owner in America will mesmerize readers.”—Publisher's Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890277937381,"sku":"NP9781328826336","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781328826336.jpg?v=1730232931","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/let-it-bang-a-young-black-mans-reluctant-odyssey-into-guns-isbn-9781328826336","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}