ACT MP Simon Court has revealed he was shot in a drug deal gone wrong in his pre-parliament life.

Senior political correspondent Barry Soper says, aged 17, Court went camping with friends - who got some marijuana.

Court reportedly wasn't involved with the deal, but that evening, the group were violently threatened by the drug sellers.

Soper says Court was seriously injured.

"The gunman, in fact, shot him in the foot. The foot apparently needed reconstructive surgery, he was in hospital for six weeks."

Speaking exclusively to Newstalk ZB, Court says he was left stranded.

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