Laar claims the only book on economics he had read before becoming prime minister at the age of 32 was Free to Choose by Milton Friedman [REF].
On 18 May 1999 while Prime Minister, Mart Laar with security advisor Jaan Tross, Võru County head Robert Lepikson and Government Office coordination director Eerik-Niiles Kross used a shotgun to shoot at a photo of Edgar Savisaar, leader of opposition party Keskerakond [REF].