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" The Celebrity Big Brother house saw a clear UK/US divide in a debate about American gun laws last night (January 18). Following Gillian&amp;#039;s eviction last night, Big Brother provided housemates with a game in which topics were picked and random and debated amongst the house.  After chatting about the ups and downs of fame, Spencer and Heidi randomly picked &amp;#039;America is the greatest country on Earth&amp;#039; as their topic, leading the couple to cheer. Heidi told the housemates: &amp;quot;God bless America. America is the land of the free. The American dream can happen. You can come from nothing, as I have, and become what I&amp;#039;ve become has been a blessing. The greatest place on Earth; and you have so many rights, and freedoms and protection.&amp;quot; After Neil jokingly interrupted, Spencer nodded as Heidi continued: &amp;quot;I would say that it&amp;#039;s a land of opportunity, a land that believes in rights to bear arms, absolutely, protect yourself because that it&amp;#039;s one of the proudest things as an American woman where there&amp;#039;s so much crime, I can protect myself and feel safe when I&amp;#039;m home alone without Spencer. &amp;quot;If I had children or a family that I could protect them on my own, I think that&amp;#039;s one of the greatest rights of our country that we have fought for and very proud to have.&amp;quot; Neil then rebutted Heidi&amp;#039;s argument, raising a chorus of cheers by saying: &amp;quot;I love America and American people, that is why they are the second best country in the world!&amp;quot;   He continued: &amp;quot;We are the best country in the world. I agree with protecting your own property, but there are too many people in America with guns without permits and too many innocent people being killed in America. That&amp;#039;s why that is just slightly behind us.&amp;quot; Heidi defended her support for guns, saying: &amp;quot;I get death threats all the time, from psychos, so if I didn&amp;#039;t have them I wouldn&amp;#039;t feel comfortable.&amp;quot; Claire replied: &amp;quot;I personally wouldn&amp;#039;t feel comfortable having a gun in my house with children around\u2026 something that powerful, I would feel scared!&amp;quot; While the non-American housemates laughed, Heidi and Spencer sat in silence as the debate moved on to the next topic. Photo gallery - Celebrity Big Brother day 15:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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