The abortion debate still happens (at varying intensities and varying degrees of public view) in much of Europe. The gun control debate is largely settled but

The abortion debate still happens (at varying intensities and varying degrees of public view) in much of Europe. The gun control debate is largely settled but I suspect it will start up quite loudly if the EU ever tries to normalize gun laws across member states. The difference between say, the Netherlands (low ownership, very hard to get a license), Austria (moderately regulated and lots of unlicensed ownership), and Finland (very high ownership rate but strictly regulated) is probably wider than any US state, because the US constitution has been interpreted to set a fairly high bar for any regulation.