Give A Boy A Gun

Give a Boy a Gun is the powerful story of Alistair Little, a member of the Ulster Volunteer Force who, aged seventeen, murdered a man. He is now involved with the reconciliation movement, and has shared a platform with the Dalai Lama.

In retelling his story, he explores the factors that turn a boy brought up in a stable, loving family into a terrorist, and then transforms his violence into a deep desire for reconciliation.

Too young to receive a life sentence, Alistair served a 12-year prison sentence in Long Kesh and H-blocks. Once released, he began the slow and painful process that turned him away from terrorism to work internationally with victims and perpetrators in the field of conflict transformation and restorative justice.