GB News hosts Nana Akua and Charlie Peters locked horns on US gun laws today in a fiery GB News debate that you can watch in full above.
The pair, alongside broadcasters Claire Muldoon and Scarlett Mccgwire, were discussing a Georgia father allegedly buying his 14-year-old son a gun as a Christmas gift.
The boy has now been accused of killing four people at his Georgia high school, using the gun allegedly bought for him by his father.
Speaking on GB News, Nana said the case is further evidence as to why gun reform is needed in America.
Charlie Peters and Nana Akua clashed on GB News
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“I have asked why people don’t talk about gun laws in the States, for some reason they don’t”, she said.
“There is no other use for them other than mass massacre for an assault rifle. Why should anyone be allowed to have that?”
Colin Gray, 54, was arrested after allegedly buying his son a gun for Christmas
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Muldoon and Mccgwire concurred with the points put forward by Nana, with the former saying “they should be banned”.
But Charlie was on hand to offer a counter point, citing the second amendment of the US Constitution, which protects the right to bear arms.
“Those who would defend the second amendment of the United States would point to government overreach”, he said.
“This is something that Nana, I think you are concerned about. Would you not fear the possibility that one day the state could take significant control over you?”
Scarlett Mccgwire agreed that gun laws need a major rethink in America
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Nana proceeded to interject, but Charlie was in no mood to let the point slide and insisted “let me finish this point. I am going to give you two”.
“Often defenders of gun rights in the States, I am not one of them, they will say the highest concentration of where firearms are available, there are less gun deaths”, he said.
“They point to cities with significant restrictions on ownership with more gun death. They would say it’s not the weapon, it’s the means.
“We have the same discussion all the time here with knives in Britain. We talk about clamping down on knives, is that really the problem in Britain with knife crime? I’m not sure it is.”
Nana argued a lack of a deterrence is more a reason for the knife epidemic raging in Britain, saying having the death penalty could help tackle the issue.