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    Sell Me a Gun
    Sell Me a Gun
    Sell Me a Gun
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    Sell Me a Gun

    By Ian Martin

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    A young man walks into a gun store, curious to learn how easy or difficult it is to buy a firearm. The experience turns out to be very different to what he was expecting. Set in apartheid South Africa in the 1970s, this darkly humorous short story will entertain both the gun enthusiast and the anti-gun lobbyist alike.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIan Martin
    Release dateMay 13, 2014
    ISBN9781310103278
    Sell Me a Gun
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    Ian Martin

    Ian Martin has led UN human rights and peace operations in countries including Rwanda, Timor-Leste, Nepal and Libya. A former Amnesty International secretary-general, in 2011–12 he was Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s post-conflict planning adviser, then UN support mission head, for Libya. His publications on UN intervention include Self-Determination in East Timor.

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