I went undercover to expose the US, Australia gun lobby |

I've been living a double life for the past three years.  As part of Al Jazeera's elaborate infiltration of the United States[1]' gun lobby, I assumed the role of a gun advocate, pretending to campaign for a repeal of Australia's rigid, gun control laws, and pretending that I wanted more firearms in the hands of Australian citizens. In fact, I disagree with all of those things. I believe the gun lobby's efforts to conceal the truth, which concerns public safety and constitutional rights, should be brought to light. That is why I chose to take part in this undercover investigation. My involvement in the project began in 2015 when I received a call from Peter Charley, the executive producer of Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit in Washington, DC. He explained that his team were investigating the US gun lobby and its attempts to manage the messaging on whether more guns lead to more deaths. His team had gathered enough evidence of deliberate deception, and were now considering staging an undercover operation. Charley then got to the point. His idea was to create a pro-gun group in Australia[2] that would, in theory, appeal to the NRA. He asked if I would be interested in posing as that group's founder and president in order to infiltrate the NRA? And, if so, would I be comfortable wearing hidden cameras on frequent visits to the US to cultivate ties with the NRA, and to record my conversations with them? How to sell a massacre (3:01) It was an interesting idea. I'd never worn a hidden camera or claimed to love guns. In fact, I'd only fired a gun a few times on a friend's farm. I didn't know a Glock from Luger and I'd never seen an assault rifle. That didn't matter, Charley said. He was looking for someone with the ability

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