[falcor84]

On a side note, I still can't get used to how wanting to restrict access to guns is considered a "liberal" stance.

[AndroTux]

The freedom to not have to fear death when going to school comes to mind. You know, like everywhere else in the western world.

[lmf4lol]

Well, in Europe you get stabbed. Or hit deliberately by a car. Or just thrown before an incoming train. Shit happens everywhere... what's the difference? And we also have school shootings in Europe. Less than USA, granted! But they exist.

[dctoedt]

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/charted-homicide-rates-in-t...

[falcor84]

The typical political axis is liberty/freedom on one end vs. safety/security on the other end. And this is exactly one of those cases where having the liberty to bear arms reduces safety.

[Telemakhos]

Words have never had stable definitions in politics. Thucydides wrote about that over two thousand years ago, and nothing has charged or will change in that regard.

[rdiddly]

Two-party system only offers two buckets to put issues in.